On November 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 1 spacecraft on a mission to fly by the Red Planet. ‘On This Day in ...

You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the ...

Elon Musk has unveiled a new “Marslink” service that will connect planets to high-speed WiFi from Earth. The SpaceX founder ...

Bruno Mars swaps one No. 1 for another on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. US, as "Apt." with ...

China says it has successfully put its Tianwen-1 mission in orbit around Mars. It's the first time the country has managed to get a spacecraft to the Red Planet and comes a day after the United ...

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" rules the U.S. iTunes chart around Halloween, and the late singer pushes Lady Gaga and Bruno ...

But for several reasons, seasons on Mars are different from those on Earth. For one, Mars is on average about 50 percent farther from the sun than Earth is, with an average orbital distance of 142 ...

If you’re already feeling tensions rising, know this isn’t your everyday transit. Mars opposite Pluto is one of those rare ...

The opposition is exact on Nov. 3, but we will feel the effects of the face-off for several days before and after.

Forget “one giant step for man”, the first person to step on Mars could be a woman – Alyssa Carson. The 18-year-old, who is one of the world’s youngest astronauts-in-training, speaks to ...

Elon Musk should only send one person to Mars to avoid contaminating the red planet, a leading scientist has said. The billionaire owner of SpaceX is hoping to colonise Mars with more than a million ...

Something called the Earth Return Orbiter is to depart in 2027, and park itself in orbit around Mars. One year after that, a lander will be launched. The lander would set down on Mars and release ...