Not all of it. Earlier this year, US president Donald Trump promised Congress that he would “lead humanity into space and plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond”. He’s wrong, ...

Like Earth, Mars once had a strong magnetic field that shielded its thick atmosphere from the solar wind. But now only the magnetic imprint remains. What's long baffled scientists, though, is why this ...

India is preparing for Mangalyaan-2, a follow-up to its successful Mars Orbiter Mission. ISRO plans to achieve a historic first by landing a spacecraf ...

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Perseverance explores Jezero Crater’s rim, uncovering diverse rocks that reveal Mars’ ancient geology and possible signs of ...

A navigation camera onboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover observed a dust devil on the Red Planet. NASA footage shows one small dust devil being consumed by another larger one.

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A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

In an experiment simulating harsh Martian conditions, including X-ray radiation, scientists discovered that certain lichens ...

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We all know Mars is called “The Red Planet,” but have you ever stopped to wonder—why is it red? The classic joke explanation ...

One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...