Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Here ...

Astronomers have made a remarkable discovery on Mars that could revolutionise our understanding of the red planet's history. NASA's Perseverance rover has identified unusual pale rocks containing a ...

Here comes a celestial game of hide and seek, or in fancier terms, an occultation. Space fans across much of the US can witness the event as it happens in the night sky. On Monday, Mars will look ...

The first full moon of 2025, known as the Wolf Moon, will illuminate the night sky tonight—and it brings an extraordinary celestial event with it. In a phenomenon called the occultation of Mars, the ...

UPDATE for 11 am ET: NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered sediment formations that could be signs of possible biosignatures on Mars, but they could also have a non-biological source. Read our ...

This has been a most interesting year to follow Mars. If you've been monitoring the Red Planet since the start of 2025, you have no doubt noted the dramatic change in its brightness as well as the ...

Near the start of the 20th century, a strange phenomenon swept the country — "Mars Mania," a public obsession with the idea, pushed by astronomer Percival Lowell, that Mars was home to an intelligent ...