The smaller of Mars' two moons shines in the sky before sunrise on the Red Planet, as captured by NASA's Perseverance rover. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover, now five years into its mission on Mars, has already traveled nearly 25 miles (40 kilometers) across the planet’s surface. With the mission team continuing to assess its ...

"On Mars, the past is written in stone — but the present is written in sand." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Perseverance ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has finally summitted the steep Martian crater where it landed more than three years ago to begin the next leg of its journey exploring the Red Planet. The arduous climb, ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region. After collecting its first sample, named ...

NASA is about to lock in a verdict on how long its Perseverance rover can keep working on Mars, and the answer will shape the next decade of planetary exploration. Engineers have spent the past year ...

The study presents the first in-situ evidence of electrical activity in the Martian atmosphere, identifying 55 distinct triboelectric discharge events. These electrical discharges, unlike terrestrial ...

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take aim on the red planet would be taking shape by now. At the time, the leaders ...

The Perseverance rover has spent more than three years on Mars scouring the area's rocks and soil for evidence that life once existed on the planet. Late in August, Perseverance began a slow ascent to ...