NASA’s Perseverance rover is making history by collecting handpicked Martian samples for future return to Earth. Scientists are eager to study these specimens to unlock secrets about Mars’ ancient ...

VISITORS to Colchester Castle will be able to see Mars up close when an extraordinary art installation arrives in the city. The six-metre-diameter spherical sculpture, created by artist Luke Jerram, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover uncovers an ancient rock sample in Jezero Crater, possibly dating back billions of years.

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

Astrobiologistsplan to use a device to reveal space microbes using human blood to prove that life does indeed exist on Earth by using a special amino acid ...

A Mars image shows a strange square formation. Some think it's artificial, but experts suggest natural causes.

Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south ...

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

Finding life on another planet would be a world-changing discovery for humanity. But actually detecting it is no simple task.