We’re constantly learning more about the other planets in our solar system, especially Mars thanks to the multiple missions currently active there. But even retired missions can provide data for years ...

Mars ended NASA’s InSight mission on its own terms, not with a dramatic crash or a catastrophic malfunction, but with a slow, suffocating blanket of dust that starved the lander of power. That quiet ...

NASA scientists have uncovered an unexpected presence inside Mars, a solid mass around 373 miles in size. This finding has been explained in detail within the journal Nature. The data on which these ...

Dust blankets the solar panels of the Mars Insight lander, shortly before its demise. NASA The life of the Mars InSight lander came to an end last year as its solar panels were covered with dust and ...

You don’t need wheels to explore Mars. After touching down in November, NASA’s InSight spacecraft will spread its solar panels, unfold a robotic arm … and stay put. Unlike the space agency’s rovers, ...

The Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC), located on the robotic arm of NASA’s InSight lander, took this picture of the Martian surface on Nov. 26, 2018, the same day the spacecraft touched down on the ...

MARS -- NASA released images on Monday showing what scientists are calling a "monster earthquake" on Mars. The agency says the quake shook the planet Mars on May 4, the 1,222nd Martian day, or sol, of ...

On Tuesday, researchers announced a surprising origin of the strongest quake ever recorded on Mars. While exciting, the quake’s discovery was bittersweet. The tremor, strong enough to shatter building ...

Mars appears to be a frozen expanse of red dust, gaping craters, and rocky terrain on the outside—but what lies beneath its wind-blasted surface? NASA’s InSight lander might have discovered this ...

'We were fortunate to observe this quake.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A massive marsquake measured by NASA's InSight lander ...