NASA’s rover has made a poignant discovery on Mars: the crushed remains of a helicopter that once soared through the planet’s ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover faced a tense situation on Mars when its drill bit became lodged in a layer of rock, delaying its ...

When one deploys a rover to the Moon or Mars, engineers typically design a test rover that is a smaller version. On the Moon, gravity is just one-sixth as strong as Earth’s. Testers simulate that by ...

A fleet of ball-shaped rovers could drift across the Martian surface like tumbleweed, driven simply by the wind.

The quest for life on Mars will go deeper than ever before as the ESA prepares to deploy the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover ...

(THE CONVERSATION) NASA’s search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover’s ...

Lauren Edgar has spent nearly two decades at NASA studying the moon and Mars, guiding rover missions and helping design lunar science for the Artemis program. Now, she's trading her role behind the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover recently captured a sweeping panorama of Mars’ Gale Crater under exceptionally favorable viewing conditions, offering one of the clearest looks yet at the vast Martian basin.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Since February 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring a ...

A rock sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover may contain evidence of ancient microbial life, preserved for billions of years on the Red Planet. The potential “biosignature” is not direct ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College (THE CONVERSATION) NASA’s search for evidence of past ...