Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air ...

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

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's ...

A NASA rover has recorded evidence of lightning on Mars for the first time, its microphone picking up the sounds of tiny ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Justin Cyrus couldn't get investors interested in his idea to build what we'd need to live in space. Now Lunar Outpost has ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory introduces the Rover Operations Center (ROC), a new hub designed to support current and future missions on the Moon and Mars. Built on decades of pioneering rover ...

Dust on Mars has a new voice. What once looked like silent red storms now crackles with tiny sparks, as if the planet were ...

Among other things, the mission calls for a rover to be sent to Mars and drill up to two meters in search of underground biomarkers. Thanks to proposed cuts to NASA's budget, the US space agency's ...

Humanity had a dream: the alien world we hope to call homeSince humanity's first steps on the Moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond ...