Behold the “mole”: The heat-sensing spike that NASA’s InSight lander deployed on the Martian surface is now visible. Last week, the spacecraft’s robotic arm successfully removed the support structure ...

NASA’s InSight lander has been using its robotic arm to help the heat probe known as the “mole” burrow into Mars. The mission is providing the first look at the Red Planet’s deep interior to reveal ...

NASA ended its InSight mission on Mars after the lander stopped responding to communications from Earth. Dust accumulated on the lander's solar panels and slowly drained its energy over the last two ...

Dust accumulated on the lander's solar panels, cutting its energy production and science activities. InSight detected more than 1,300 Mars quakes and mapped the planet's interior for the first time.

Digging a little deeper -The mole has moved further down. With help from @NASAJPL and @DLR_en, my latest efforts to help the heat probe seem to be working. More ...

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Pranay Mishra reached down to the floor of his workplace and scooped a handful of what might be the closest thing on Earth to the feel of Martian soil. “This is actually unprocessed garnet,” he said, ...

NASA is giving up on its Mars mole — a pile driver designed to hammer its way as deep as 16 feet below the Martian surface — after two years of trying to dig past cementlike soil. Now the InSight ...