Scientists may have figured out how Mars hung onto its surface liquid water in its ancient history via alternating periods of ...

Though it's a cold, dead planet, Mars still has its own natural beauty about it. This image shows us something we'll never ...

This NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image, acquired on May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring, ...

NASA is working on an exciting mission to send humans to Mars in the next few decades. To make this happen, the agency is ...

Harvard scientists explain how Mars had warm spells billions of years ago, allowing rivers and lakes to exist.

16, 2024 — The combination of low temperature, atmospheric pressure ... direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, revealing the planet may have been habitable at some point in ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

One of my gripes with "The Martian" movie was the depiction of the winds on Mars. The lower air density means that the sort ...

Mars haunts us as a vision of a planet gone wrong. It was once warm and wet, with rivers flowing across its surface and ...

Mars, also called the Red Planet, is one of the most familiar ... Rovers must maintain a consistent temperature and secure their electricity source to ensure their scientific instruments function ...

Rootless cones are small volcanic landforms ranging from several to several hundred meters in diameter, formed by continuous ...

In the quest to explore the cosmos, NASA's latest breakthrough in thermal propulsion fuel could redefine our journey to Mars.