Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled ...

The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and ...

Ever since the discovery of methane on Mars, scientists have wondered if the Red Planet might harbor life. Now, researchers know where to look: deep under the surface of a broad Martian plain. The ...

A team of scientists, led by Andrea Butturini from the University of Barcelona, has proposed that Acidalia Planitia, a vast ancient plain on Mars, could harbor microbial life deep beneath the ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

The first color aerial photo captured of the surface of Mars During NASA's Ingenuity helicopter's second successful flight on Mars, on April 22, it took color aerial photos of the planet's surface.

The European Space Agency has published some very curious images of Mars, in which the planet closest ... layers of carbon dioxide ice, warming the surface. The increase in temperature at the ...

NASA's new plan Related stories NASA must launch a mission that collects the samples from the Martian surface and launches them into Mars' orbit, where they must meet up with a European spacecraft ...

It will likely mean space crews won't get as much real-time help ... affect astronauts. A Mars mission will have three phases: the outbound trip, the stay on the Martian surface and the return ...

On this particular spring morning Edgett was escorting me on a virtual flying tour over Mars's surface. Exhibit A was a disheveled-looking region known as Gorgonum Chaos. Here, captured in the MGS ...

Lake beds like those explored by Nasa's Curiosity rover show water was present on the surface of Mars in the past. However, the planet's climate has since cooled due to its thin atmosphere ...