If even a single corrupted bit changes a line in a command sequence sent to Mars, it could cause a spacecraft to misbehave, ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launched in 2025 to study Mars’ magnetic field and how solar wind has stripped away the planet’s atmosphere over time ...

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In 2011, author Andy Weir took a bet on himself and self-published his debut novel, The Martian, online. The book ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for subtle traces of ancient microbes, but one of its most ...

On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica. The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan ...

Scientists studying volcanic eruptions in Iceland say microbes begin colonizing new lava flows faster and more predictably than once thought.

NASA’s Perseverance rover continues collecting and studying Mars samples as uncertainty grows over the future of the Mars Sample Return program.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about when or if those ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...