For billions of years, Mars has remained one of Earth’s closest planetary neighbors, quietly orbiting the Sun hundreds of ...

Earth’s neighbor still has secrets that science is trying to figure out, and one of them is potential signs of life.

"Phobos crosses the Martian sky three times a day, and Earth is visible for months at a stretch, but catching one directly ...

Earth appeared as a tiny dot in the Martian sky before briefly disappearing behind Phobos in a rare view captured by NASA’s ...

Earth disappearing behind the tiny moon Phobos. Seen from nearly 195 million miles away, our planet was reduced to a single point of light before briefly vanishing behind Phobos. The rare alignment ...

Today's Image of the Day from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows a landscape on Mars unlike anything the Curiosity rover ...

Before we get to Mars, we're going to have to practice. And develop radical leaps in technology, but also practice. A Mars mission will be utterly unlike anything attempted by humanity. We're talking ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Is it possible that one day we could make Mars like Earth? -- ...

Rocks normal for Mars contained a gemstone mineral scientists didn't expect to find. (Ollila et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 2026) When NASA's Perseverance rover used its laser to tease apart some pale ...

A new study by researchers including those at the University of Tokyo revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high ...

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From the most powerful telescope orbiting Mars comes a new view of Earth and its moon, showing continent-size detail on the planet and the relative size of the moon ...