If you spied a fiery red star close to the full moon earlier this month, it was actually Mars shining its bright red light in the night sky. The planet will be visible at night throughout October, ...

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth. Humanity’s most sophisticated rover launched ...

It’s easy to take it for granted, but we’re driving around on freakin’ Mars right now. We’ve done this a few times before, sure, but it remains one of humankind’s most impressive technological feats.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Maven spacecraft entered orbit around Mars for an unprecedented study of the red planet’s atmosphere following a 442 million-mile journey that began nearly a year ...