A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them can help us determine if there was ever enough water on Mars to sustain ...

Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

Recently released satellite imagery by the European Space ... ‘MARTIANS WANTED’: NASA SEEKING APPLICANTS TO LIVE IN YEAR-LONG MARS SIMULATOR The spider-like figures were spotted near the ...

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The ESA hopes the satellite and robotic lander — and, in a couple of years, a rover — will find signs of life on Mars. Produced by Zach Wasser. Video courtesy of Reuters/ESA. Follow TI ...

But the most sensitive search at Mars so far, undertaken by a joint European-Russian satellite, has drawn a blank. And this Trace Gas Orbiter, as it's called, is capable of seeing methane at ...

For more than a year, scientists and aerospace engineers have been awaiting NASA’s decision on how to rescue the troubled Mars Sample Return mission, which aspires to bring Martian rocks and ...

Emily Briere is planning a mission to Mars. The 23-year-old aerospace engineering student aims to get a time capsule—a small satellite loaded with messages from Earth—to the red planet.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) recently captured an intriguing image of Mars' northern hemisphere, where frozen sand dunes appear like kidney beans. While they may look edible ...

So close and yet so far. It’s an apt expression for the planet Mars these days. With the red planet moving in for its closest approach to Earth for the rest of this decade, NASA officials are ...