Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

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 ...

After five years on Mars, NASA confirmed Perseverance remains fully operational, with enough durability to support an ...

Conditions at the surface of Mars are enigmatic and complex and have varied substantially over the course of the planet’s history. The roles of erosion, transport and chemical weathering in shaping ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says travel to Mars is within reach, with the possibility of having 1 million people living on Mars within 100 years. SpaceX isn’t alone in working toward reaching Mars, ...

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations ...

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

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It’s often the case that the more that planets are studied and understood, the more remote the possibility of inhabiting them seems. Mars, for example, is the closest celestial body to Earth in terms ...