A NASA rover has recorded evidence of lightning on Mars for the first time, its microphone picking up the sounds of tiny ...

Since landing on Mars in January 2004, the Mars Exploration Rovers have helped scientists learn an amazing amount about the red planet. The sophisticated rovers far exceeded expectations with the ...

NOVA: Looking For Life on Mars (9 p.m., PBS / UNC-TV) - NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission to search for signs of life on Mars. The mission marks the first time a rover will land in Jezero Crater, an ...

In this video excerpt from NOVA, learn about the discovery of water ice on Mars. Satellites analyzing radar waves bouncing back from Mars's polar caps reveal that if it all melted, there is enough ...

If the rover, called Perseverance, finds signs of life from an age when Mars was a watery planet like Earth, it could mean life is more likely to exist elsewhere in the solar system — and beyond. But ...