Is it cake? No, it’s a parachute! | Space photo of the day for May 1, 2026
In this donut-shaped bag is a massive parachute. Next stop? Mars.
NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers capture sweeping Mars panoramas (video)
New panoramic views from NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers reveal dramatically different Martian terrains shaped by ancient water and billions of years of geological change.
Ice melts in the springtime on Mars | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2026
Springtime has arrived at the Red Planet's Chasma Boreale, as this photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows.
Ancient volcanic ash seen blowing across Mars in new spacecraft images
New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet.
Japan’s audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad
The complex MMX mission aims to shed light on the origins of Mars' two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, bringing Phobos material back to Earth in 2031.
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds building blocks of life on Mars. Scientists aren’t sure how they got there
NASA's Curiosity rover has found a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.
Scientists found a ‘bathtub ring’ on Mars. Could it be evidence of an ancient Red Planet ocean?
A huge geological structure on Mars resembling a bathtub ring may be evidence of an ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet.
Scientists found a ‘bathtub ring’ on Mars. Could it be evidence of an ancient Red Planet ocean?
A huge geological structure on Mars resembling a bathtub ring may be evidence of an ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet.
This life-hunting rover may be SpaceX’s 1st-ever Mars launch
SpaceX will launch Europe's life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover toward Mars in 2028 — but not aboard the company's Starship megarocket.
NASA’s ‘1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft’ will send Skyfall helicopters to Mars in 2028
NASA plans to launch its first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft in 2028, a probe called Space Reactor-1 Freedom that will carry a fleet of tiny helicopters to Mars.