By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 7, ...

NASA just used what was already there. On August 5, 2013, the first anniversary of Curiosity’s landing in Gale Crater on Mars ...

Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, July 31, 2026 As ...

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NASA launched its Mars rover Curiosity inside the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) on Nov. 26, 2011. Complete with 10 science instruments and 17 cameras, the robot can analyze mineral types, search for ...

A 2007 Mars panorama from NASA's Spirit rover resurfaces, sparking renewed debate over a 'walking man' illusion, highlighting human tendency for pareidolia and fascination with Martian mysteries.

A NASA Curiosity rover image has sparked claims of an 'alien missile' on Mars, though NASA attributes such formations to natural geological processes.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of thousands of unexplained honeycomb-shaped polygons spread across Martian rocks, a discovery made while the rover drives toward a small, informally named ...

China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter captured a faint but remarkable view of 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar comet raced past Mars. The images reveal its tail and glowing coma, offering scientists a glimpse of ...

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Mars is leaving its Newark, NJ headquarters for Chicago, ending a six-year run in the city. The move impacts over 300 jobs, vacates 110,000 SF at Ironside Newark, and triggers a likely $31.5M tax ...