Elon Musk has repeatedly said he plans to put humans on Mars, yet the gap between that vision and reality remains wide. The ...

The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...

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Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of ...

The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the red planet’s atmosphere. By Kenneth Chang It is shocking but not surprising. Lightning crackles on Mars, scientists ...

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has found a possible meteorite on the surface ...

Skylights, openings in the surface of Mars that descend down into caves, have been found on Mars, along with signatures for the presence of water ice. Possible giant "karstic" caves that formed when ...

Like an interstellar rolling stone. NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. “This rock ...

New research from NYU Abu Dhabi reveals that ancient sand dunes in Mars’ Gale Crater once interacted with underground water, suggesting the planet may have stayed habitable far longer than scientists ...

Right now one of the most advanced planetary explorers ever built is scouring the surface of Mars. Supported by a team of hundreds of scientists back on Earth, the Perseverance rover has traveled ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and ...