Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

On Jan. 15, a commercial lunar lander launched from Earth carrying the United States' first robotic rover designed to explore ...

Scientists have used orbiters and rovers to find dried streams, lakes, and gullies on Mars that hint at its watery past, but ...

Mars may have once had a vast, ice-free ocean, according to new evidence from China’s Zhurong rover. Using ground-penetrating ...

"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.

Data from China's Zhurong rover on Mars suggests an ancient ocean and strengthens evidence that the planet was once warm, wet ...

For now, the discovery of ancient beaches on Mars offers a glimpse into a time when the Red Planet may have been a blue one, ...

The Red Planet, as it’s often called, has a distinct hue, and a new theory about this coloration could have implications for ...

In the 1970s, images from the NASA Mariner 9 orbiter revealed water-sculpted surfaces on Mars. This settled the ...