The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

Discoveries of clay minerals in Martian mounds by researchers indicate that Mars once had large bodies of water billions of ...

Mars represents one of the most promising locations in our solar system to search for signs of past or present life ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

On Feb. 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars and began collecting soil ... to a fourth orbiting transit ship, built by the ESA, that would bring the tubes home.

Images of Mars taken from orbit show thousands of mounds in a region sculpted by water billions of years ago. A robotic ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds and ...

On Feb. 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars and began collecting soil ... to a fourth orbiting transit ship, built by the ESA, that would bring the tubes home.

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...

Researchers discover thousands of clay-rich hills on Mars, revealing evidence of ancient water and transforming our ...

Buttes and mesas in Mars' Chryse Planitia contain clay minerals made from liquid water interacting with the rock nearly 4 ...

More than 15,000 mounds jut skyward from the lowlands of Mars’ Chryse Planitia ... near the future landing site of the ESA’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, expected to launch in 2028.