New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...

China is positioning itself to take the lead in one of the most coveted goals in planetary science—returning samples from ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

NASA’s budget since the 1970s “hovers” between 1% and 0.4% of the federal discretionary spending, according to the Planetary Society’s analysis, yet for every dollar spent, NASA generates ...

The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction.

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

Over 2,145 senior NASA employees could leave as the Trump administration proposes a 25% budget cut. The potential layoffs, ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to send a cargo ship to Mars by the end of next year. Here’s why that plan likely won’t pan out.

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...