Looks like Mars might have had more water than anyone previously imagined. A sweeping orbital survey charted over 9,320 miles ...

Mars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the ...

Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient connection between the planet Mars and blood wasn’t completely wrong. Rust, ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

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

Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...

By combining observations from space and experiments on Earth, scientists rethink the red planet's history and why it's red.

The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, ...

The color red and the planet Mars go together like Earth and its oceans or Saturn and its rings. However, our understanding of how the Red Planet got its signature hue might be wrong.

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 ...

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" that splits the Red Planet into two distinct halves.

A new study may have revealed the true source behind how the Red Planet got its hue. It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the ...