CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A spacecraft blasted off Friday into a golden early morning sky, beginning a mission to Mars to gather more data on the Red Planet than all combined previous missions.The Mars ...

On Mars, winds constantly stir up whirlwinds of fine dust. It was at the center of two of these dust devils that the SuperCam ...

Ancient Mars boasted abundant water, but the cold and dry conditions of today make liquid water on the Red Planet seem far ...

Here's some background information about Mars exploration. The United States and the Soviet Union are the only two countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars ...

An unexpected tool is giving us new insight into the fine structure of the outer layers of Mars. Using meteorites that were long ago chipped off the red planet around 11 million years ago and flung ...

Mars is a fascinating planet in our solar system. Over the years, space organizations have done a great deal of work to further explore Mars, including projects to get crews to the red planet. Mars ...

One day, we'll bring samples home from Mars — but, until then, we have to make do with what we've got. Fortunately, we actually have some Martian material to work with, thanks to meteorites from Mars ...

Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust with discernible reservoirs, and this is known thanks to meteorites that scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and ...

Alyssa Carson, a renowned space enthusiast and astrobiologist, has inspired millions with her lifelong dream of becoming the ...

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it is providing the initial study for an information solution to the Canadian Space Agency ...