When people imagine humanity’s future beyond Earth, Mars is usually the first destination that comes to mind. It is close, ...
A new study suggests Mars could help scientists understand how alien worlds evolve by showing how a once warmer, wetter ...
On May 15, 2026, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft screamed past Mars at 12,333 mph, sweeping within 2,864 miles of the planet’s ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX is a company that's experienced both lots of success and lots of failure, but will their planned private ...
Data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft revealed a never-before-seen atmospheric effect on Mars, revealing how solar storms may ...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant gravitational slingshot to continue its journey toward a strange metal rich asteroid. The close flyby boosted the spacecraft’s speed by about 1,000 ...
The rusty world is full of mysteries—and some of the solar system's most extreme geology. Learn more about Earth's smaller, colder neighbor.
Mars holds a special place in the solar system. It represents marginal habitability. This means it transitioned from warm and ...
A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.
WVU research using NASA MAVEN data reveals new evidence of a Mars atmospheric phenomenon tied to solar wind and space weather ...
A manganese ring shows Mars' Utopia Planitia once held a stable ocean for around one million years, long enough for life to ...
From Australia's remote deserts to the surface of Mars, geological mapping underpins how we understand landscapes, natural ...