Mars

Delays and budgetary overruns are causing many to worry that NASA’s ambitious planetary science program is at a breaking point

New results from a U.A.E. orbiter suggest Mars’s moons may be pieces of the planet. A Japanese mission will tell us for sure

The hunt for Martian life focuses on detecting organic molecules that could indicate its past existence. Are our instruments up to the task?

A half-kilogram’s worth of samples gathered by NASA’s Perseverance rover for eventual return to Earth holds weighty implications for life on Mars

The tech industry is rushing headlong into the chatbot gold rush. We need prompt, focused regulation that keeps pace

Much of North America can witness a delightful astronomical event on the evening of December 7 as the moon blocks out Mars

As the InSight lander reports the largest-ever meteorite strikes on Mars, scientists wish it a fond farewell

A new study suggests that billions of years ago microbes may have thrived on Mars before succumbing to freezing temperatures of their own making

An organism nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” may have what it takes to live on Mars

Radar images from the Zhurong rover reveal clues to the history of a largely unexplored region

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected four rock samples from an ancient river delta where organisms might have thrived

Seismology has been a long-overlooked tool in planetary exploration, but the success of NASA’s InSight lander has reignited the field