Mars’ north polar ice cap has been found to be much more pristine than had been thought, containing less dust that changes ...

Previous research pointed to copious amounts of dust atop the arctic Martian wasteland, but a clearer picture is coming into ...

This image of Mars shows what it might be like to stand on the Red Planet and look across into the distance. But it also ...

Uncrewed vehicles like the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers (as well as orbiters) have for years captured stunning photos of Mars. Here are the latest.

A Mars rover expected lake mud at Jezero Crater's rim but found volcanic rock that had encountered water three separate times ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a surprisingly complicated history of water in Jezero Crater. Scientists expected the ...

In Jezero Crater, those rocks turned out to contain an unexpectedly rich record of water on early Mars. Researchers found ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter saw what looked like an ancient shoreline at the edge of Jezero Crater from space. Credit: ...

When NASA's Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars' Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were surprised by what they found. The geologic area, called the "Margin Unit," ...

A new study suggests that Mars’s red colour is better matched by iron oxides containing water, known as ferrihydrite. Everyone knows Mars is the “red planet,” but a new study is reshaping scientists’ ...