In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have detected what appears to be a hidden ocean beneath Mars’ northern pole. This revelation, derived from recent data and advanced radar technology, offers ...

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for ...

The slowest part of a Mars mission is often not the driving, it is the waiting. A rover can only do so much when every move ...

Planetary exploration may be about to get a major speed boost. Researchers tested a semi-autonomous robot that can move from ...

As one of four panels that will provide input to the steering committee of "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars;" the Panel on Astrobiology will identify the highest priority science ...

NASA has also been working on autonomous rovers that can explore and excavate on the Moon with minimal human direction. And ...

Like Earth, Mars is surrounded by an ionosphere—the part of its upper atmosphere where radiation from the sun knocks electrons off of atoms and molecules, creating charged particles. The Martian ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a cold, desert world within our solar system. It has a very thin atmosphere, but ...

As the Orion, the world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, counts down to circumnavigating the Moon, that trek could be the forerunner to a cascade of Mars missions in the 2030s. Shown here is a ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...