NASA has mapped every inch of Mars, so positioning consists of the rover looking for geologic features and then comparing ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

NASA's Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, more autonomous exploration.

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...

NASA has shared a fascinating animation showing the route taken by the Perseverance rover on Mars since its arrival there in February 2021. Perseverance is NASA’s most advanced Mars rover to date, and ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has encountered something unlike anything else discovered on the Red Planet: a zebra-striped rock that sticks out like a sore thumb in the midst of the planet’s dusty, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA’s Curiosity rover was trucking across the surface of Mars, heading to ...

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature ...

A six-wheeled robot wandering the rugged terrain of Mars recently came across two small tornadoes whipping around the planet's surface. In a short video released Thursday by NASA, the two dust devils ...