Zhurong didn’t just find rocks — it may have uncovered Mars’ lost ocean. With clear signs of wave erosion, sediment layering, and an ancient shoreline, Mars is revealing a blue past we never imagined.

NASA is assessing a troubling loss of signal from a Mars orbiter that has spent the last 11 years gathering data on how the ...

Watch footage of China's Zhurong rover moving on the Martian surface. It was captured by a camera the rover deployed on Mars.

This isn't just any satellite: it weighs a massive 6.5 tonnes, making it the heaviest American commercial satellite India has ...

Right now one of the most advanced planetary explorers ever built is scouring the surface of Mars. Supported by a team of hundreds of scientists back on Earth, the Perseverance rover has traveled ...

Like an interstellar rolling stone. NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. “This rock ...

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...

Mars is cold, parched, and extremely dusty. Powerful gusts of wind kick up literal tons of reddish dust that often takes the form of whorls known as dust devils. These winds also shroud the planet in ...

Blue Origin successfully launched—and partially landed—its New Glenn rocket on Thursday. The achievement marks a major step forward in the company’s bid to rival SpaceX as a reliable provider of ...

We just saw a rocket land on a ship at sea — and this time, it wasn't SpaceX pulling off the epic feat. All Mars launches are big deals, but this one had some extra juice. NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission ...