The current image of Mars as an arid and hostile desert contrasts sharply with the history revealed by its surface. Channels, ...

Life from Earth surviving the harsh conditions of Mars? New research suggests it’s possible, but only if you’re a tough ...

Using vision-based generative AI instead of human planners, Perseverance rover successfully mapped and drove its own routes ...

Elon Musk has publicly refuted claims by Peter Thiel suggesting a loss of faith in Mars colonization. Thiel alleged Musk ...

NASA quietly let a Mars rover think for itself in December 2025. Behind this shift stands Vandi Verma, whose work hints at how future missions may explore worlds alone.

The findings come in the background of data obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover that revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks, altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater that ...

An Indian-origin roboticist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Verma played a central role in a major milestone in planetary exploration.

Humans must urgently prepare for having babies in space as we enter a 'new era of exploration', scientists have warned.

Picture a spacecraft returning to Earth after a long journey. The vehicle slams into the planet's atmosphere at roughly ...

The excursion across rugged Martian terrain constituted the first time NASA has used an AI model to determine a path for its Perseverance Rover.

Dr. Lauren Edgar has already had a remarkable career. She spent 17 years working with the Mars Science Laboratory and Mars Exploration Rovers.

This month's The Sky Above features astronomical events happening this month, including a parade of planets and a local ...