NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover found a mysterious rock in July 2024, which may hold evidence of Martian life. The post ...

NASA’s InSight lander listened to Marsquakes for four years. The tremors revealed that Mars may have a solid inner core.

NASA scientists have uncovered an unexpected presence inside Mars, a solid mass around 373 miles in size. This finding has ...

A simple core of pure iron and nickel couldn’t account for the observed properties. The Martian core must be rich in “light ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

Separately, the NASA program of humans in space began as a cold war effort but has evolved significantly, especially since the end of the Shuttle era. The short-term goal for humans is embodied in the ...

Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth's. Results from NASA's InSight mission ...

NPR's Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about an innovation in plastic recycling, the link between smartphones and hemorrhoids and what Mars' structure and ice cream have in common.

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle ...

Mars’ glaciers are over 80% pure ice, formed by similar processes worldwide. This discovery sheds light on past climate and ...

Using data from NASA’s InSight lander, Constantinos Charalambous from the Imperial College of London and colleagues studied ...

Bringing back samples from the Red Planet would help us beat the Chinese, send humans into space and learn about how planets form. Congress, where's the money?