From its perch in the foothills of the 3.4-mile-high mountain, you can see over an expanse of plains, called Aeolis Palus, ...

For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture the view of Earth setting while Phobos is rising. The image shows Phobos on the left and Earth on the right. The scene ...

With a radius of 2,106 miles, Mars is the seventh largest planet in our solar system and about half the diameter of Earth. Its surface gravity is 37.5 percent of Earth’s. Mars rotates on its ...

The Close Approach happens every two years, but Tuesday's encounter at 38.6 million miles away will be the closest to Earth that Mars gets until 2035 Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on ...

Lake Salda, in southwestern Turkey, bears a close resemblance to Mars' Jezero crater, which is currently being sampled by ...

Scientists found the longest organic molecules ever on Mars — ancient carbon chains that resemble the building blocks of life ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the possibility these samples contain life, which could have unforeseen consequences.

Her research provides new insights for understanding how the atmosphere of Mars has evolved over time. Unlike Earth, Mars lacks a global magnetic field and interacts with the solar wind directly.

The first full moon of 2025, known as the Wolf Moon, will illuminate the night sky tonight—and it brings an extraordinary ...

will collect detailed measurements of Mars' two moons and land on Phobos, the larger lunar body, to collect a sample that can be returned to Earth for analysis. Hera also used the flyby of Mars to ...

Researchers will have to wait until samples from Mars are brought back to Earth to confirm their study. NASA said last year samples from the ongoing mission to the Martian surface will not arrive ...