Mars

The weather station on NASA's Perseverance rover has chronicled the meteorology above Jezero Crater.

Material collected by the Perseverance rover will be handled at the Mars Sample Receiving Project office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

On Monday (Jan. 30), the moon will cross in front of Mars, causing an occultation or eclipse of the planet.

NASA's tiny Ingenuity helicopter flew for the 40th time on Mars Thursday (Jan. 19), covering about 584 feet (178 meters) of ground during a 92-second sortie.

China's Zhurong Mars rover remains silent despite being expected to wake up in December — but there's still hope that the vehicle could rise from its extended slumber.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped a photo recently of its robotic cousin Ingenuity as the tiny helicopter rested on a Red Planet sand dune.

Scientists have discovered a wealth of organic compounds within a Martian meteorite, which could help researchers discover if Mars could have hosted life.

Mars's westward retrograde motion through the night sky over will draw to a close on Thursday (Jan. 12) as it resumes its usual prograde eastward journey through the sky.

Opals, which contain a lot of water, have been found on Mars. They might be an indicator of past life and possibly a source of water for astronauts in the future.

China's space agency appears to have lost contact with the Tianwen 1 orbiter and Zhurong rover from the nation's 1st Mars mission.

From the nearby moon to distant Triton, planetary scientists have a plethora of ideas for how to explore our solar system.

NASA's Perseverance rover is wrapping up its prime mission after 687 Earth days on the Red Planet.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has dropped its fourth rock sample tube at a location in Jezero Crater, meaning its first backup sample depot is now 40% complete.

Clear skies beckoned Wednesday (Dec. 28) in Rome, allowing the Virtual Telescope Project's Gianluca Masi to get busy with a year-end broadcast.

NASA astrobiologist Heather Graham answers pressing questions about life on Mars.

An astrophotographer has captured a highly detailed image of the Red Planet reappearing from behind the moon after a lunar occultation.

'My team's not worried' about dust or wind disturbing the lightsaber-shaped cache tubes, NASA's Perseverance mission wrote on Twitter.

NASA celebrated the new year on Mars, which happens on Dec. 26 — days before the Gregorian calendar changes over to 2023 on Earth.

NASA's Mars Insight lander died a slow death by dust. Could anything have been done to save it?

We know very little about Mars rock glaciers, but scientists do suspect that they may hold significant amounts of water.