St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 - Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an energetic and electrically charged environment where dust storms and dust devils
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 - Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing. Using a climate model adapted for Martian conditions, a team of researchers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 - From its perch on a rugged ridge in Gale Crater, NASA's Curiosity rover has stitched together a holiday postcard that doubles as a science panorama, framing the Nevado Sajama drill site against a ha
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 - NASA engineers continue attempts to regain contact with the MAVEN Mars orbiter, which last communicated with Earth on Dec. 6. Working with the Deep Space Network, the team is uplinking recovery comm
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 26, 2025 - As we all prepare for the holiday season here on Earth, we have been planning a few last activities before Curiosity and the team of scientists and engineers take a well-deserved, extended break. Th
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 - While much of Perseverance's work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars' long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples offer a rare opportunity to examine processes that are still shaping the surface
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2025 - The search for evidence of past or present life on Mars should be the highest scientific priority for the first human missions to the planet, according to a new report from the National Academies of
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 - After nearly five years operating inside Mars Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover has logged almost 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving while engineers certify that its mobility hardware and ot
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 - After nearly two decades in orbit around Mars, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has logged the 100,000th image of the planet's surface with its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hi
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 - Researchers in China have used a Mars general circulation model to simulate 50 years of Martian dust activity, aiming to improve forecasts of global dust storms that can disrupt exploration missions
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 - NASA engineers are continuing efforts to restore contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter after the spacecraft fell silent during a routine pass behind Mars on Decembe
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 - NASA engineers are continuing efforts to restore contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter after the spacecraft fell silent during a routine pass behind Mars on Decembe
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 - Jarosite, a sulfate mineral widely detected on Mars, records interaction between acidic, oxidizing waters and the planet's surface rocks, but the halogen chemistry of those fluids has been difficult
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2025 - The center leverages AI along with JPL's unique infrastructure, unrivaled tools, and years of operations expertise to support industry partners developing future planetary surface missions. NA
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 - ESA's Mars Express orbiter has observed an impact crater in Mars's northern lowlands whose shape resembles a butterfly, created when an incoming space rock struck the surface at a shallow angle. The
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 - Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both about Mars itself - such as turbulence in its atmosphere, changes in its
