NASA has revealed a concept for the next generation of flight on the Red Planet, the "Mars Chopper." Credit: Space.com | ...

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

A sweeping orbital survey charted over 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometers) of riverbeds winding etched into Noachis Terra, a ...

Mars is easiest to see when it’s closest to Earth, which happens about every two years. This event is called “opposition.” In ...

The spacecraft now almost tips upside down relative to Mars to give its radar the best view. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, ...

Arguably the most significant development on Mars this year was the revelation that a massive reservoir, containing enough water to cover the Red Planet with a 1-mile-deep (1.6 kilometers) ocean ...

Graphic showing how Mars turned from a grey, wet planet into a dusty red planet. From left to right, four steps are illustrated in a single image. First, iron in the planet’s rocks react with oxygen ...

The Red Planet Mars got its iconic colour from a combination of rusting and erosion over its 4.6-billion-year history. Mars was a once wetter place than the dry, barren world we know today.

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed on the Red Planet. The U.S. space agency's Perseverance and Curiosity ...

It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet. AP. The research combined spacecraft data from the European Space Agency (ESA ...