Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its deployment on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA ...

Mars once looked far more like Earth, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water pooling on its surface, yet today it is a ...

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

For the first time, we can see and hear lightning-like discharges in Mars' thin atmosphere.

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...

NASA has drafted its Mars rover Perseverance to help monitor the sun’s activity. Every day for the next two months, the rover will image the sun with its Mastcam-Z cameras, capturing crucial ...

The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the red planet’s atmosphere. By Kenneth Chang It is shocking but not surprising. Lightning crackles on Mars, scientists ...

Nov. 26 (UPI) --NASA's Perseverance rover has recorded the first evidence of electrical activity on Mars that a scientist described as "mini lightning." A scientific team analyzed 28 hours of audio ...

"These confirmations have been given to us in writing, so this is a very important step." BREMEN, Germany — NASA will help Europe get its long-delayed Mars life-hunting ExoMars rover off the ground, ...

NASA has confirmed that it will contribute to Europe's Martian rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 after repeated delays, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday. The ...

Jared Isaacman will appear today for a Senate hearing ahead of a potential confirmation vote for him to become NASA's next administrator.