The European Space Agency (ESA) just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail the dynamic ...

Not all of it. Earlier this year, US president Donald Trump promised Congress that he would “lead humanity into space and plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond”. He’s wrong, ...

Like Earth, Mars once had a strong magnetic field that shielded its thick atmosphere from the solar wind. But now only the magnetic imprint remains. What's long baffled scientists, though, is why this ...

A new study uses inversions of orbital gravity and magnetic field data to argue for the presence of ancient, long-lasting hydrothermal systems on Mars.

India is preparing for Mangalyaan-2, a follow-up to its successful Mars Orbiter Mission. ISRO plans to achieve a historic first by landing a spacecraf ...

Perseverance just stumbled upon one of Mars’ weirdest rocks yet—a formation covered in dark, spherical shapes with mysterious ...

Perseverance explores Jezero Crater’s rim, uncovering diverse rocks that reveal Mars’ ancient geology and possible signs of ...

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A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

We haven’t figured out exactly what gives them their shape, determines altitude – or makes them rain when they do. But ...

We all know Mars is called “The Red Planet,” but have you ever stopped to wonder—why is it red? The classic joke explanation ...

NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers are uncovering some very strange rocks on the Martian surface. From "zebra stripes" ...