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

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

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

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie ...

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

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

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

Data from China's Zhurong rover on Mars suggests an ancient ocean and strengthens evidence that the planet was once warm, wet, and habitable.

Billions of years ago, however, liquid water flowed freely across the planet. And, while NASA's various Mars rovers have uncovered signs that such water once existed on Mars, there's perhaps no ...

Short deadline for science project submissions suggests Tianwen-3 could be on track to win race to bring samples back to ...

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