How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

For centuries – maybe millennia – humans have wondered how Mars gets its red hue, but a recent study has some answers.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft has just taken its milestone 100,000th photo of the Red Planet using its ...

The GoMars project is attempting something planetary scientists have wanted for decades: a continuous, high fidelity ...

Mars once looked far more like Earth, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water pooling on its surface, yet today it is a frozen desert where even a thin wisp of air struggles to hold on. NASA’s ...

Now, let's delve into solving the The Red Planet crossword clue, featured as 32 Down in the USA Today Crossword on December ...

Scientists have discovered 4-billion-year-old organic molecules containing nitrogen in a Martian meteorite, shedding new light on the red planet’s early history. The meteorite, ALH 84001, was ejected ...

This sand dune, known as Dingo Gap, was crossed by Mars Curiosity in 2014. This image has been slightly 'white balanced' as opposed to being shown in true color, which enables the differences in the ...

On July 4, 1997, the Pathfinder rover touched down on Mars, the first successful landing since the Viking probes in the ‘70s. Pathfinder and the numerous missions that followed marked a period of ...

Planetary observers have been waiting two long years for another opportunity to see Mars dominate the night sky. And although it won’t be quite as big or bright as it was in 2018, the Red Planet will ...

If humanity does indeed eventually colonize Mars, the planet will one day eventually see its first crimes. The new hybrid sci-fi/Western series "Fear of a Red Planet" from AfterShock Comics is gunning ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Go look at Mars tonight. A few hours after the Sun sets in ...