These features were identified by NASA’s Perseverance rover and were determined to be kaolinite, a white, aluminum-rich clay.

Scientists used data from NASA's Perseverance rover to find tiny lightning bolts on Mars that could scour biosignatures off ...

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

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

Dust devils on Mars generate tiny electrical sparks. This could help explain how the Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface are ...

Near-surface water ice could supply essential resources for future human exploration on the Red Planet. Before sending people ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has accidentally detected lightning-like electrical discharges on Mars, a breakthrough in ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

NASA's Perseverance rover found rocks on Mars that on Earth usually form in tropical environments. That Mars once hosted ...

Tracking the first astronauts’ visit to Mars won’t be as simple as watching a clock or marking days off of a calendar. Thanks ...

Mars’s Coloe Fossae reveals a landscape shaped by ancient ice ages, with deep valleys, cratered terrain, and frozen debris ...

Scientists mapped ancient Martian rivers and drainage basins, revealing past water flows and habitable environments of Mars’s climate and geological history.