Perseverance is examining Martian megaripples at “Kerrlaguna,” uncovering clues about wind-driven changes and potential ...

Acheron Fossae is filled with dramatic landscape features — most notably, its namesake fossae, or fault-like channels that ...

With its rust-colored surface, Mars has more than earned its nickname, the Red Planet. But Perseverance has offered a new ...

On Mars, the past is written in stone—but the present is written in sand. Last week, Perseverance explored inactive ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a breathtaking panorama of the Red Planet surface depicted in false-color under a blue sky.

ESA/DLR/FU Berlin Back in 2003, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission launched, with its ultimate aim the search for surface water on Mars. And over the course of the mission, it has been ...

A new look at an ancient volcanic blast on Mars suggests that the Red Planet was much more Earth-like billions of years ago, with abundant surface water and a relatively thick atmosphere ...

Observing Mars with probes If you look closely at pictures of Mars taken by rovers on its surface, you can see that most of the planet isn't purely red, but more of a rusty brown or tan color.

It operated from September 1997 to June 2001, collecting data on the height of surface features. This data was used to create detailed topographic maps and study the planet's geology and past climate.