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Mars at opposition: See the Red Planet at its best and brightest this week — or wait until 2027As Mars approaches opposition this week, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or wait until 2027.
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Mars rock samples may contain evidence of alien life, but can NASA get them back to Earth?NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance these samples contain evidence of alien life.
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10 amazing things we found on Mars in 2024, from hundreds of 'spiders' to a 'Martian dog'From arachnid-like formations and mysterious blobs to an underground ocean and a giant volcano, here are our 10 favorite things scientists discovered on Mars this year.
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Ancient volcanic ash could be protecting signs of Martian lifeResearchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic eruptions, and may be protecting signs of life — if there ever was life on Mars.
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After accident crash on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a weather station for 20 years"She still has one final gift for us, which is that she's now going to continue on as a weather station of sorts."
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China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from MarsChina's planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA and the European Space Agency to the punch.
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Did alien life exist in hot water on Mars billions of years ago?Was alien life in "hot water" on Mars billions of years ago? New evidence from the Martian meteorite "Black Beauty" suggests so.
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Gigantic 'spiderwebs' on Mars are the next big target for NASA's Curiosity rover, agency revealsCuriosity has just finished the latest leg of its 12-year Mars mission and will now set out to explore miles of web-like surface features left behind by ancient water on the Red Planet. The zig-zagging rocks could also provide clues about whether Mars once harbored extraterrestrial life.
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China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet oceanData from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern hemisphere.
