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Icy Rivers May Have Flowed on Ancient Mars
A polar cap of carbon-dioxide ice may have provided the thermal blanket needed for rivers and a huge lake to form in the planet’s southern highlands.
Does This Mars Rock Show a "Potential Biosignature"? Or Just "Wet Chemistry"?
"Leopard spots" on a Mars rock could come from life — or they could simply be a sign of a type of chemical reaction that requires water.
NASA Struggles to Find Way Forward for Mars Sample Return
NASA's Perseverance mission has been collecting samples for later retrieval and return to Earth. Now, it's unclear how we'll get those samples home.
Perseverance Watches Wild Winds on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover is recording the windy weather in Jezero Crater, chronicling its role in making the Red Planet dusty.
Listen to the Martian Soundscape
Two microphones on Mars, carried on NASA's Perseverance rover, are for the first time revealing the sounds of another planet.
Update from the Hope Probe at Mars
The United Arab Emirates' Hope Probe, on a wide orbit around Mars, provides views of the dynamic Red Planet.
Mariner 9: The Martian Semicentennial
A half century ago, Mariner 9 — our first orbiter at another planet — showed us the real Mars.
Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
ESCAPADE Blue and Gold Orbiters Head to Mars in 2024
A pair of spacecraft will head to Mars in 2024 as the ESCAPADE mission, to study the Martian space weather environment.
NASA's Perseverance to Collect First Sample from Mars
Perseverance will soon collect the first of many samples from the Martian surface in a quest to answer whether the planet once hosted life.
China’s Zhurong Rover Snaps Selfie on Mars
China's Zhurong rover gets to work exploring Mars, with a new panorama of its landing site.
See the Latest Stunning Images from Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover, China's Tianwen 1, and the United Arab Emirates' Hope orbiter share their latest photos from Mars.
New Map of Ice on Mars Will Aid Future Crewed Missions
Scientists have made a new and improved map of possible water-ice reservoirs on Mars.
Watch Online: NASA's Perseverance Landing on Mars
One week from today, NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars. Find resources here — including broadcast of the landing itself.
China's Tianwen 1 Arrives at Mars
China’s ambitious mission to Mars, Tianwen 1, has arrived at the Red Planet and will attempt to land a rover on the surface in May.
The United Arab Emirates' Hope Enters Orbit Around Mars
The United Arab Emirates Hope orbiter is the first in a series of spacecraft arriving at the Red Planet in the next week.
Mars Sample Return Program Forges Ahead
It's full steam ahead for the joint NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return, a complex plan to collect bits of Mars and — for the first time — send them to Earth.
NASA Launches Perseverance Rover for Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover heads to the Red Planet.
NASA Announces Next Mars Rover Name: Perseverance
NASA announced today that its next Mars rover mission now has its official name: Perseverance.
What the First Marsquake Means for NASA's Insight
After two months, InSight’s seismometer has picked up the first rumblings in Martian soil. Turns out marsquakes may be less frequent than thought.
Jezero Crater Selected as Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover
NASA's next Mars rover will explore a geologically diverse crater that may once have been flooded with water, a crucial ingredient for the mission's search for evidence of past life.
