On January 29, 1989, a Soviet space probe named Phobos 2 arrived in orbit around Mars. This was the last space mission ...

The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of ...

By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When ...

DEADLY space radiation and rapid outbreaks of disease are just a few of the official Nasa dangers that visitors to Mars will ...

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of ... explanation for how the Red Planet ended up with small Phobos and tiny Deimos. President-elect Donald Trump joined Elon Musk in Texas and watched ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, ...

There’s been speculation that Donald Trump may cancel the Space Launch System rocket, which Nasa intended to use to get from ...

Living on Mars will be no easy feat. Building viable living quarters would require an inflatable habitat that can be covered ...

"Rootless cones form when lava flows over wet or icy ground, causing it to boil and explode," said Dundas. "The region around ...

Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' ...

The area containing the clay-bearing mounds is geologically connected to Oxia Planum, which is where Rosalind Franklin will be headed when it launches in 2028 in search of past life on Mars. It now ...