Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National ...

"The Krokodillen rocks formed before Jezero Crater was created, during Mars' earliest geologic period, the Noachian, and are ...

Though little is known about Deimos, another European spacecraft recently captured unprecedented views of the moon's far side ...

For decades, scientists believed that Mars’s famous red hue came mainly from hematite, a dry iron oxide mineral. However, a ...

Satellite images of the Red Planet suggest scientists were wrong about these strange Martian features.

Will robots colonize Mars before humans? While sending people to the Red Planet remains a massive challenge, robotic explorers are already paving the way. From advanced rovers and walking robots ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elisabeth M. Hausrath, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (THE CONVERSATION) Mars ...

"Mars is life insurance for life collectively. So, eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun. The sun is gradually expanding, and so we do at some point need to be a multi-planet ...

If Mars has biosignatures on or near the surface, researchers want to know that they have the right tools to detect them. However, determining whether the planet used to host life isn’t easy.

is when Mars becomes self-sustaining." Musk wrote in a post on his social media platform X in mid-March that a SpaceX Starship will depart for the red planet at the end of 2026, carrying Optimus, ...

You might need binoculars to spot it. And watch for the red planet Mars joining them on May 3 and 4. In addition to Mars, the waning gibbous moon will be near Mars on May 3 and can guide you to ...