AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified a new mineral on Mars, named ferric hydroxysulfate, providing insights into the planet’s potential to ...

Curiosity is exploring Mars’ boxwork terrain, where ridges and hollows may have formed from cementation and erosion. The rover has been documenting rock textures and chemistry, comparing smoother ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The discovery of life on Mars is a tad closer than ever before. This month, NASA announced the discovery of signs of life on the red planet in deposits of clay and silt in a canyon.

NASA’s Curiosity rover recently captured a sweeping panorama of Mars’ Gale Crater under exceptionally favorable viewing conditions, offering one of the clearest looks yet at the vast Martian basin.

Scientists have argued for years about what ancient Mars was actually like. Was it warm and wet, or cold and dry? And where did the sulfur on Mars come from? Today, the planet is freezing and dry, ...

Since February 2021, the Mars rover, Perseverance, has been exploring an area of Mars called the Jezero Crater which is most likely home to an old Martian lake. On Sept. 10,2025 scientists published ...

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." Only a little over a week after scientists announced NASA's Perseverance rover may have ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

Jezero Crater has become one of the most exciting places in the search for signs of past life on Mars. Since landing in 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the crater’s ancient river ...

Minerals linked to microbial processes on Earth found in riverbed rock A rock sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover from an ancient riverbed in Jezero Crater may contain the strongest evidence ...

A sample obtained by NASA's Perseverance rover of reddish rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake contains potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, according ...