There are a couple potential explanations for distinctive markings found on a Martian rock, but new evidence suggests they ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

A rock on Mars that may hold clues about ancient microbial life on the Red Planet continues to puzzle scientists.

Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to ...

"The Red Planet is in revolt . . . and hard-charging rebels Throttle, Vinnie, and Modo are joining up with Mars' Freedom Fighters to fight the army of alien Plutarkian invaders," reads the ...

The study applied methods developed to explore Earth’s atmosphere to quantitatively estimate the influence of gravity waves on Mars’ planetary circulation. Despite it being a very cold planet ...

The previous opposition was on January 16, and as Mars recedes from Earth, March provides another good chance to see the Red Planet at its best. Anyone with an unobstructed view of the night sky ...

"And we will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," he said during his Jan. 20 inauguration speech.

Mars is one of the most explored planets in our solar system. Over the years we have had robots roaming on the surface and NASA is working hard to land humans on the planet by the 2030s, with several ...

Meanwhile, the rover continues its mission to find answers beneath the rocky surface of Mars, as it is there that many of the answers about the planet's past can be found, since conservation is ...

All seven planets will be visible this time around, meaning Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus. (Earth, of course, is the eighth planet, and poor Pluto was demoted in 2006 ...

Mars' atmosphere is too cold and then to support life now, but billions of years ago the planet had an abundance of water, NASA said, which is also evidenced in the ferrihydrite found in its dust.