Mars is well-known for its dust storms, which occur every Martian year during summer in the southern hemisphere.

Understanding why storms sometimes engulf the entire planet within a layer of grit could prove crucial to future missions.

The exact mechanism behind Mars’ ubiquitous dust storms is little understood. But a recent discovery is an important step ...

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...

Learn how NASA’s satellite fleet helps provide weather Information for the missions on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

NASA announced Tuesday their new approach to their Mars Sample Return Program. The agency will develop two landing ...

Recent exceptional rock discoveries have only mounted pressure on NASA to solve the problems facing its Mars Sample Return mission, its plan to fly bits of rock, dust, and air collected by ...

Space agency says it needs one more year to decide whether its own hardware or a contractor’s will return Martian samples to ...

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian rocks collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.

They used both data sets to look at what kind of thermal properties happen before a major dust storm on Mars. The major finding was that in about two-thirds of the storms, the researchers could ...