There are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a gravitational pull to drive tides in the Red Planet's lost lakes and seas ...

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A rare total solar eclipse on August 2, 2027, will coincide with Saturn transiting fiery Aries in retrograde, signaling ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly ...

Even over Zoom today from across the world, with Rosé in Seoul and Mars in Los Angeles, there’s a comfortable candor between ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

New experiments reveal jarosite’s selective bromine capture under Mars-like conditions, offering a fresh lens to decode the ...

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A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

"The detection of life on Mars is a persistent top priority for explorers of many disciplines, and it is the top science ...

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...