NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, fired its laser at some oddly pale rocks on the surface ...

Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...

China’s Zhurong rover and its ground-penetrating radar detected ... rather than evidence for standing water,” Cavosie said.

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

Humans are determined to discover more details about Mars, Earth's neighboring planet, which seems to hide many secrets. So ...

For the fourth year in a row, iridescent clouds of frozen CO2 are lighting the Martian sky. The clouds appear in the same ...

Mars may have once had a vast, ice-free ocean, according to new evidence from China’s Zhurong rover. Using ground-penetrating ...

A new study claims that a mineral found in Mars' dust called ferrihydrite, which forms in the presence of cool water, is ...

"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.

Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the ...

Mars expert Roger Wiens and his team, including the rover Perseverance, discovered fascinating rocks incorporating kaolinite ...