The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...

Mars has a new showpiece for planetary scientists, and it looks uncannily like a butterfly frozen mid-flight. A fresh set of ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has made a historic leap in its mission to understand the Red Planet. With its HiRISE camera now having captured its 100,000th image, this milestone provides ...

There might be a hidden ocean's worth of liquid water below the surface of Mars, seismic evidence suggests. According to a new paper published April 25 in the journal National Science Review, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The CaSSIS camera aboard the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captures dark ...

Mars Express orbiter captures a slightly elliptical crater measuring roughly 12 miles (20 kilometres) east to wes ...

New research presented at the Europlanet Science Congress this week has uncovered astonishing findings beneath the dusty surface of Mars. The study points to evidence that suggests the Red Planet once ...

For years, scientists have been intrigued by mysterious dark streaks running down the slopes of Martian cliffs and craters. These marks, called slope streaks and recurring slope lineae (RSLs), have ...

Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously thought. In a new study, researchers at the University of Rochester—including ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...