A powerful solar storm has helped scientists uncover a major clue about how Mars continues to lose its atmosphere.

This week's science news.

After five years of rolling across Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is still going strong. And it has the selfies to prove it.

A colossal valley near Mars’s equator is revealing dramatic clues about the Red Planet’s watery and volcanic past. Stretching ...

For millennia, humanity gazed at the stars, at the distant, reddish glow of Mars. We dreamed of journeys beyond our world. On ...

The Psyche spacecraft is bound for a metal-rich asteroid that it will examine up close starting in 2029. But first, it needs ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...

Exploring Mars used to be a top priority for NASA and SpaceX. But a dramatic shift is underway as the administration tries to ...

The mission, which is headed towards a unique asteroid, is making the most of its short rendezvous with the Red Planet.

NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will ...

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is about to pull off a dramatic close flyby of Mars, skimming just 2,800 miles above the planet to ...