At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

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

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

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

NASA lost contact with the MAVEN probe in Mars orbit, and teams are working to reestablish communications after an unexpected ...

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

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

NASA's latest update on Perseverance shows how the Mars rover is holding up after five years and what that means for future ...

A nuclear thermal propulsion engine could cut the travel time in half for future space explorers racing to the Red Planet.