For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of ...

ORIGAMI-style space homes that spring off the ground on Mars could house future visitors to the red planet. These hi-tech ...

A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on ...

Guided by Mars rovers’ data about Martian soil composition, the researchers explored multiple microbial mineralization ...

In November 2011, NASA launched a space mission to explore the planet Mars through a vehicle known as Curiosity. After a long journey, the rover landed on the red planet on August ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back a striking new "postcard" from high on the slopes of Mount Sharp, offering a dramatic ...

Mars Express have revealed the dramatic influence that Martian winds have on shaping the planet's surface. Near the equator, ...

Mars has long been cast as a frozen desert, but fresh data from China’s Zhurong rover are forcing scientists to picture ...

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A new study suggests that Mars’s red colour is better matched by iron oxides containing water, known as ferrihydrite. Everyone knows Mars is the “red planet,” but a new study is reshaping scientists’ ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, but what if the red planet actually delivered life to Earth in the first place?