The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

Rocks loafing about on the surface of Mars have been harboring secrets about the red planet's mysterious past.

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

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...

New research from China's Mars rover has found evidence of an ancient beach on the planet.In 2021, The Zhurong rover landed ...

In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...

Such major and arbitrary cuts to NASA’s budget would do very little to save money, but they will undercut and decimate one of ...

Scientists have discovered kaolinite mineral on Mars, providing new evidence that the planet was once warm and wet.

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