Was Mars a friendly planet for water, even life, in its ancient past? Huge channel networks run across its surface. Rocks ...

What if billions of years ago, the Red Planet had rain, snow, and even rivers that carved out landscapes much like those we ...

Elon Musk is taking the long view. The billionaire SpaceX founder has long said that humanity needs to expand its footprint ...

Mars doesn't have an organized planetary magnetic field like Earth, so auroras can appear anywhere in the sky. Now there's a ...

The science team behind Perseverance wanted to know whether that glow from the Mars aurora could be seen in the visible ...

Ever since American astronauts landed on the Moon, there’s been an appetite to visit Mars. But a number of daunting challenges stand in the way.

On May 12, weather-station equipment on NASA's Curiosity rover (pictured 2021) recorded a high temperature of 11 degrees ...

Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously ...

JWST uncovers unexpected behavior in polar lights on Jupiter, while a Mars rover captures the first image of an aurora.

Europa Clipper tested its infrared camera during a Mars flyby, preparing for its 2030 mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

Astronomers have captured visible auroras dazzling the skies above Mars — and they're unlike anything we can see on Earth.

This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...