For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.

How can an AI robot help improve human space exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the 2025 International ...

Of all the technical foes that assailed Ingenuity over its 72 flights on Mars, few proved quite so vexing as the planet’s own ...

Scientists from the LASSIE project with their quadruped robot at White Sands National Park, New Mexico in August. The quadruped robot was able to scout and train autonomously. The work is part of NASA ...

A new report published Tuesday, titled “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars,” represents the answer from ...

Chinese scientists are developing a unique drone designed to both fly and roll. The dual-mode capability is intended to help ...

NASA funds new software to enhance drone navigation over featureless Martian terrain. This initiative supports autonomous ...

Researchers are closer to equipping a dog-like robot to conduct science on the surface of Mars after five days of experiments this month at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. The national park ...

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...