A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

On Sept. 24, 2014, India's first interplanetary mission entered into orbit around Mars. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, spent 10 months getting to Mars after it launched. It ...

Research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet. It's informing future Martian exploration and settlement plans. {Story aired on WeSat on 12/14/24.} ...

A Williamstown man will lead an Earth-based simulation of a Mars mission that will last for more than a year. Air Force Maj.

The James Webb Space Telescope's main goal is to detect faint light from distant galaxies, but it recently observed one of the brightest objects in the night sky: Mars. The space observatory captured ...

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine ...

American space agency NASA announced the completion of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment, described as a success.

Colonizing Mars may sound like science fiction, but the reasons are very real. From protecting humanity to expanding knowledge, Mars could define our next ...

Did NASA find life on Mars? What NASA has found may be the strongest evidence yet that ancient microbial life once existed on ...

Was Mars a friendly planet for water, even life, in its ancient past? Huge channel networks run across its surface. Rocks show signs of water immersion. Yet pictures sent back from NASA's Curiosity ...

Keep your eyes on Mars in our night sky this week. Our neighboring planet—the fourth from the sun in our solar system and approximately half the size of Earth—will look larger and brighter in our ...