"Mars’ wind has often carved odd shapes into the surface through a combination of physical and chemical weathering processes.

NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered patches of sharp “gator-back” rocks causing mission planners to look for a new route ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has concluded its exploration of the Martian “boxwork terrain,” offering new revelations that could ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...

A small, cone-shaped object photographed on the surface of Mars has ignited a public dispute between a prominent Harvard ...

Mars, with its rust-hued surface, is known as the red planet for a reason. Along the way, Curiosity has made some extraordinary finds and captured some stunning vistas. The latest came in November ...

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

This artist concept features NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars past or present ability to sustain microbial life. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

A shiny cylinder photographed by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has one Harvard scientist calling on the agency to make ...

For NASA, the success of the Artemis II mission wasn’t just measured in orbital mechanics or heat shield integrity, but in ...

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called “Buckskin” on lower Mount Sharp.