For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of ...

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

A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on ...

NASA Curiosity rover, which launched from Florida in 2011, captured panoramic image of Mars that resembles a sunset on Earth.

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is.

Thin, seasonal ice may have protected ancient lakes on Mars, allowing liquid water to last for decades despite cold ...

NASA lost communication with its MAVEN probe nearly a month ago, and efforts to re-establish a connection have been futile.

For centuries – maybe millennia – humans have wondered how Mars gets its red hue, but a recent study has some answers.

Mars is a fascinating planet in our solar system. Over the years, space organizations have done a great deal of work to further explore Mars, including projects to get crews to the red planet. Mars ...

When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But surprisingly, Venus might actually be a better candidate for human ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious hole on the surface of Mars, and they have no idea what lies inside it. This pit, ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ...