Mars does not have Earth’s kind of magnetic shield, so it has often been treated as the solar system’s more exposed world. It ...

Scientists have identified some forms of fungi that have been proven to play a key role in turning Martian soil barren into ...

NASA’s Psyche mission to investigate a metal-rich asteroid captured rare glimpses of Mars during a recent flyby.

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...

Landing humans on Mars could teach us whether life ever existed beyond Earth, how planets change over time, and how humans can live on other worlds. By studying Mars up close, astronauts could answer ...

Last fall, a Chinese spacecraft orbiting Mars captured images of a comet from another star system, offering scientists a ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft skimmed past Mars in a precision flyby that helped catapult it deeper into space toward its ultimate ...

After five years of rolling across Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is still going strong. And it has the selfies to prove it. NASA highlighted its “six-wheeled scientist’s l ...

On Earth, a blazing orange and crimson horizon marks the close of day. On Mars, the planet famous for its rust-red landscapes ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a USD 135 million (Rs 890 crore) Mars Science City project to provide a "viable and realistic model" to simulate living on the surface of Mars. The city, ...

The rusty world is full of mysteries—and some of the solar system's most extreme geology. Learn more about Earth's smaller, colder neighbor.