Next stop, not Mars: What’s ahead for NASA’s newly launched ESCAPADE Red Planet probes
NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars probes are on their way to the Red Planet — but it's a circuitous route with a year-long layover.
Mars orbiter spies ‘barcode’ aftermath of rare Red Planet avalanche caused by meteoroid impact
A European Mars orbiter spotted barcode-like dust streaks on the slopes of Apollinaris Mons, revealing how tiny avalanches help drive the Red Planet's massive dust cycle.
How AI and sand dunes on Mars can reveal the planet’s history, one grain at a time
An innovative technique for measuring the force acting on individual grains of sand could help scientists uncover how winds have shaped the surface of Mars.
Volcanic explosions on Mars may have left massive ice deposits at the Red Planet’s equator
Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, a new study finds.
If life on Mars exists, it may be preserved in a frozen time capsule
If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it might still be frozen beneath the planet’s icy surface.
Dry ice may burrow through Mars like sandworms in ‘Dune’
Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt down dune slopes and blast away sand.
Not all alphas: Mars crews should be a mix of personality types, study suggests
A new study indicates that crews with a wider range of personalities perform better under pressure, possibly informing how NASA selects and trains its astronauts for future missions to Mars.
1,000 Martian dust devils! European orbiters track Red Planet’s tiny tornadoes
Two decades of spacecraft images reveal more than 1,000 dust devils whipping across Mars at unexpected speeds, offering fresh insight into how wind and dust shape the Red Planet.
‘The metal detector has gone off’: Perseverance rover’s find is a shiny new clue in the search for life on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has found minerals that could have powered life on Mars — or simply shaped the Red Planet's environment in fascinating ways.
Could China return the Perseverance rover’s possible biosignature sample from Mars?
NASA has reported possible biosignatures in a Mars rock, but delays and funding woes cloud its sample return mission. Could China's Tianwen-3 step in and deliver samples from the site itself?