The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Rocks loafing about on the surface of Mars have been harboring secrets about the red planet's mysterious past.

Humans are determined to discover more details about Mars, Earth's neighboring planet, which seems to hide many secrets. So ...

Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...

The adverse environment is challenging for humans to land on and explore. This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.