The team used data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to study high-resolution images of the terrain. Specific surface ...

The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...

Mars, a planet once capable of sustaining liquid water and harboring flowing rivers, today stands as a frozen desert. For ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

STARBASE, Texas — During a presentation, SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk shared how he plans to use Starship to reach the planet Mars, and how in a few short years, there is a chance humans ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

The highest volcano in the world is Cerro Ojos del Salado. It is a stratovolcano in South America’s Central Volcanic Zone, reaching an impressive 6893 meters above sea level (or at least above ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...

Astronomers may have found the perfect Mars base location, and it's right next to a huge deposit of frozen water.

Thin water-ice clouds that are apparent in ultraviolet light give the Red Planet a frosty appearance. The icy northern polar ...