As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

A new study released by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has set the stage for future human ...

Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according ...

Leading US scientists and engineers have published a 200-page report, "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars," ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

One of NASA’s workhorse spacecraft in orbit around Mars has fallen silent, leaving agency personnel scrambling to ...

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...

The MAVEN spacecraft – Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution – abruptly lost contact with Earth on 6 December 2025 while passing behind the red planet in the normal course of its orbit. When MAVEN re ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

A NASA photograph taken during the rover Perseverance's first drive on Mars in 2021. Perseverance is already collecting samples of Mars' air, soil and rock. Will scientists ever get to see them? (NASA ...