A new technology lets NASA’s Mars rover pinpoint its position within inches, drive farther on its own, and speed up exploration.

Just like the Scarecrow of Oz, it turns out the rover was smart all along, it just didn't realize!

American space agency NASA announced it found a new way to allow the Perseverance rover to determine its position on Mars by itself.

Imagine you're all alone, driving along in a rocky, unforgiving desert with no roads, no map, no GPS, and no more than one ...

Being worried about an advanced AI coming for your job is totally valid, even if your job is piloting one of the most ...

Sifting through 180,000 observations, the team found a single event. We may have detected a whistler wave on the Red Planet.

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Mars is quietly turning into a long-distance proving ground, and the vehicle leading the pack is not a dune buggy but a rolling science lab. NASA’s Perseverance rover has already pushed past its own ...

Delta on Mars. A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may soon set a record for the longest distance driven on another planet. Nearly five years into its mission on the Red Planet, the car-sized rover still has enough ...