At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

Researchers uncover how Mars affects Earth’s orbit, offering new insight into the planetary forces behind ice ages.

A rare triple conjunction of Venus, Mars and Mercury is happening on the opposite side of the solar system to where Earth is, ...

Study finds Mars helps pace Earth's ice ages through gravity. Remove Mars, and a major 2.4-million-year climate rhythm ...

Discover why the solar system's planets are arranged as they are, shaped by formation conditions and planetary migration.

A massive celestial alignment will cut off all communication between Earth and the Red Planet until January 21. Learn why the ...

"There are incredibly tantalizing samples in the Perseverance rover's cache that could revolutionize our understanding of ...

Saturn reigns supreme when it comes to the number of moons orbiting any solar system planet. Including the 128 ...

Boffins from the University of Bern used high-resolution images captured from camera orbiting Mars showed geomorphological ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...