We’re constantly learning more about the other planets in our solar system, especially Mars thanks to the multiple missions currently active there. But even retired missions can provide data for years ...

Illustration of the planet Mars covered in water in the past, when its atmosphere was thicker and warmer. Now scientists may have found an unground reservoir. Is there water on Mars? Scientists using ...

Multiple spacecraft and rovers have now detected what appears to be an extensive network of ancient river channels hidden beneath the Martian surface, buried under layers of lava and sediment that ...

Dust blankets the solar panels of the Mars Insight lander, shortly before its demise. NASA The life of the Mars InSight lander came to an end last year as its solar panels were covered with dust and ...

On Tuesday, researchers announced a surprising origin of the strongest quake ever recorded on Mars. While exciting, the quake’s discovery was bittersweet. The tremor, strong enough to shatter building ...

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Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests. The findings released Monday are based on seismic ...

NASA InSight lander snapped this selfie when its solar panels were still clean from dust. NASA’s InSight lander was a very different mission from the space agency’s famous wheeled Mars rovers. It ...

NASA has officially retired the InSight Mars Lander Mission after more than four years of service, and although this is sad, the science that has been done and will be done with the data it has ...

Scientists peering into the very heart of hearts of the planet Mars have found a deeply unexpected structure. There, at the innermost core of the planet, InSight seismic data reveals a solid mass ...

You don’t need wheels to explore Mars. After touching down in November, NASA’s InSight spacecraft will spread its solar panels, unfold a robotic arm … and stay put. Unlike the space agency’s rovers, ...