NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth — but closer to the red planet than us at a safe 150 million miles (240 ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

Mars Ingenuity helicopter's 59th flight was captured by the Perseverance rover's Left Mastcam-Z camera. Credit: Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Elon Musk’s vision to colonize Mars might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but it’s quickly becoming a reality. With his private space exploration company, SpaceX, Musk has set his ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...