Mars is about to receive a double dose of attention. This weekend, a pair of identical NASA satellites will launch together ...

ESCAPADE is overseen by the University of California Berkeley, who named the spacecraft’s onboard satellites Blue and Gold ...

The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), ...

The two spacecraft will start their engines in early November 2026, slingshot around Earth, and then use that momentum to ...

A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet’s watery past, and showing where we should land in the future. The map shows mineral deposits across the planet and has been ...

There is now little doubt we humans will eventually get to Mars. It seems that, somehow, humanity has always known that. Yet only in recent years we got to see not only talk of Mars missions ...

Mars exploration has taken a leap forward with the unveiling of the Subsurface Water Ice Mapping (SWIM) project's fourth and most detailed map of potential subsurface water ice locations on the Red ...

Detailed imaging of the surface of Mars from orbit has allowed space scientists to produce the most detailed geological map yet of part of the Red Planet. The new map was released on Friday, 12 ...

Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most extreme topographical features within our solar system. Its colossal volcanoes, canyons and impact craters offer clues into its geological ...

Elon Musk says that his company will launch its first uncrewed Starship mission to Mars in 2026 — a date that aims to take ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When the Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February 2021, ...

When NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars next year, it will be equipped with some of the most precise maps of Mars ever created, courtesy of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Not only are the ...