Every Martian year (which last 686.98 Earth days), the red planet experiences regional dust storms that coincide with summer ...

Wherever it's coming from, it ends up trapped under this salt crust. By pumping different concentrations of perchlorates ...

Sadly, InSight’s primary means of looking at what lies beneath the regolith of Mars is currently stuck a few centimeters below the surface. NASA and JPL engineers are working on a fix, ...

After diving into the data, it became clear that the problem boils down to a simple fact: Mars is weird. More specifically, the Martian regolith did not have the physical characteristics that the ...

A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes and insects for lunch Regolith will be both a danger to astronauts as they land and a crucial resource as they build. Metzger works with scientists ...

Though the agency's Perseverance rover started collecting Martian regolith four years ago, the Mars Sample Return program's rising costs have made it difficult for officials to land on a specific ...