In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...

CREEPY new images of the “Tic Tac UFO” have surfaced after it was spotted on Mars – causing alien fans to draw resemblance to the infamous UFO sighting. The shocking discovery was made by ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

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The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...

While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...

Short deadline for science project submissions suggests Tianwen-3 could be on track to win race to bring samples back to ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.