The phenomenon of seeing familiar patterns in objects where none exists is called pareidolia. In terms of our evolution, it ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known ...

The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.

"Scientists use such images to track the amount of frost that settles on the landforms and then disappears as the weather warms in spring," NASA wrote. During Mars' frigid wintertime, it's so ...

A NASA satellite ... hemisphere winter on Mars. The frost stops wind from scooping up sand, preventing the dunes from migrating until the spring thaw comes. Pictures of frost-covered dunes help ...

For nearly half a century, NASA has been talking an awfully good game about its much-heralded Mars Sample Return (MSR) project. As long ago as 1978, the space agency requested funding to develop a ...