Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids. And not just because it’s cold as hell. The combination of a thin atmosphere ...

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

The discovery of more than 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds on Mars suggests that the Red Planet may once have been ...

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

The spacecraft now almost tips upside down relative to Mars to give its radar the best view. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...

We've always known Mars as the Red Planet - but it turns out, we may have had the reason why wrong. If so, it could revise ...

Mars was named by the Romans after their god of war because of its blood-red color. Egyptians called it "Her Desher," which means "the red one." Mars takes 687 days, or 1.8 years, to orbit the sun.

It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet. AP. The research combined spacecraft data from the European Space Agency (ESA ...

Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is a dry, rocky world. Its famous red color has earned it the nickname the Red Planet. Mars has fascinated people throughout history, and today, it is one of ...

Graphic showing how Mars turned from a grey, wet planet into a dusty red planet. From left to right, four steps are illustrated in a single image. First, iron in the planet’s rocks react with oxygen ...

Mars beckons 09:49. Mankind has always been intrigued by Mars, and now we are closer to putting footprints on the surface of the Red Planet than we've ever been in the past.