Artist's rendering of a solar storm hitting Mars and stripping ions from the planet's upper atmosphere. Mars' atmosphere, once as thick as if not thicker than Earth's today, is leaking into space. "We ...

NASA is confronting a rare double setback at Mars, with one long-serving orbiter suddenly falling silent and another aging ...

MAVEN is therefore pretty important to ongoing Mars operations, and working out why it dropped out of communication may help protect other missions from similar mishaps.

NASA still hasn't heard from its MAVEN Mars orbiter, and the spacecraft appears to be spinning in an odd way as well.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has orbited Mars for over a decade. MAVEN, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, ...

Last weekend, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter notched over 100 minutes of flying time in thin Martian air, a feat which until only a couple of years ago was considered wildly ambitious. To make the most ...

NASA engineers are working to restore communication with the MAVEN Mars orbiter after the spacecraft went silent in December ...

Scientists have discovered a "long-sought" giant volcano hidden in plain sight on Mars. The find, which was made alongside a buried ice glacier to the east of Mars, was unveiled at the 55th Lunar and ...

"It's really been a one of a kind event." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mars' atmosphere, once as thick as if not thicker than ...