Psyche, the iron giant of asteroids, may be less iron than researchers thought
The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and...
Valentine's Day on Mars as Curiosity marks Sol 3387
Our Curious robotic explorer is spending another Valentine's Day in faraway Gale crater, Mars. For the first time since 2019,...
Mars rover Perseverance notches a year of science, tech achievements
The Mars rover Perseverance and its feisty sidekick helicopter Ingenuity have set records and pushed new frontiers for interplanetary space...
In Place at Rimplas
Three abrasions and four sample cores later, the rover has finally departed the Seitah area and is embarking on the...
The devil's in the detail
Chaotic mounds, wind-sculpted ripples and dust devil tracks: this image shows a fascinating and otherworldly landscape near Hooke Crater in...
Sols 3383-3384: Picking Our Way to the Pediment
We are continuing our traverse towards the "Greenheugh pediment." We passed along this area on our detour to The Prow,...
Sols 3381-3382: Whence We Came
After our adventures further uphill, Curiosity is backing down hill to get to the start of the path she will...
NASA awards contract for first rocket to launch from another planet
NASA has started the early processes of constructing a $194 million small rocket that will launch from Mars, which will...
How Mars lost its oceans
It has long been known that Mars once had oceans due in part to a protective magnetic field similar to...
Predicting the efficiency of oxygen-evolving electrolysis on the Moon and Mars
Scientists at The University of Manchester and The University of Glasgow have provided more insight into the possibility of establishing...