Now, NASA researchers have managed to recreate these structures in a lab for the first time, demonstrating how they form in the process. Spiders on Mars From the get-go, scientists had a strong suspicion that these “spiders” are linked to carbon ice.

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie Stack Morgan explains. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface. As one of Earth's closest neighbors in space, Mars has long captivated humans with the prospect of alien life located just a short rocket trip away.

The recent United States government's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that was recently signed into law has good news for the future of crewed spaceflight — but at the same time, Trump's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year nearly annihilates NASA science missions.

Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of studying the Red Planet.

Mastcam captured colourful images of a trough and a nearby displaced block nicknamed “Ouro.” Scientists suspect it could be linked to a small impact crater.

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the clouds.Through 17 ...

NASA will reveal the next Mars 2020 rover name on Thursday, ending their seven-month-long “Name the Rover” essay contest that 28,000 students took part in nationwide.

"Our work is a new piece of evidence that suggests that Mars was once a much more complex and active planet than it is now."