Several years before the Space Race officially began, two suspiciously similar Hollywood movies raced to launch their lunar ...

Using computer models, students Mohammad Afzal Shadab and Eric Hiatt estimated how long it would have taken water to seep ...

Mars Ingenuity helicopter's 59th flight was captured by the Perseverance rover's Left Mast-cam camera. Credit: Credit: ...

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

MRO has been operating at the Red Planet even longer than Curiosity, reaching Mars orbit in March 2006. As the new photo shows, MRO is still going strong, hunting for signs of past water activity ...

We all know Mars is called “The Red Planet,” but have you ever stopped to wonder—why is it red? The classic joke explanation has been, “It’s rusty.” While that’s not entirely wrong, the truth is far ...

The first thing most people think of when they consider Mars is its deep red color. The Romans associated the planet with their god of war because it reminded them of blood while the ...

Mars, known as the red planet, might have gotten its hue from a different mineral than scientists once thought. ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team - MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / RSSD / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA ...

"Mars is still the Red Planet. It’s just that our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed." Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as ...

As Martian winds spread this dust everywhere, it created the planet's iconic red appearance." The researchers analyzed data from multiple Mars missions, combining orbital observations from NASA's ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return from Mars ... future trips to the red planet. To highlight the importance ...

Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously being opposite the sun. The Red Planet will be at its closest point to ...