He’s the former IT guy who traded the corporate life for full-time play. But Ryan “Brickman” McNaught’s unlikely career ...

In this age of Mars rovers, questions about the planet's ancient past have shifted. A growing body of evidence supports the idea that Mars was once warm and wet. Now researchers are focused on the ...

A 6.5-foot Mars sand ridge called Hazyview reveals how strong, steady winds once shaped the planet’s surface and soil ...

Researchers have identified powerful Martian electrical discharges, similar to lightning, and strong enough to be observed from orbit.

NASA has mapped every inch of Mars, so positioning consists of the rover looking for geologic features and then comparing that to the distance that the rover has traveled. Older rovers had to stop and ...

A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that ...

It’s not so much a traditional clock as it is a measuring tool, but it’s all that’s needed to do some basic, interplanetary calculations As an example, the team suggests a scenario in which a ...

America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these ...

NASA's Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z camera captured the Ingenuity helicopter's 47th Mars flight. Credit: Space.com | ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

STEM careers are growing twice as fast as other fields, with median salaries exceeding $100,000 compared to $48,060 for non-STEM jobs. Meanwhile, only 20% of high school graduates are prepared for ...