"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's smallest moon later this ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about ...

Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as just the "Red Planet" — but new ...

Thanks to new research techniques published today, scientists say that "our understanding of why Mars is red has been ...

Martian dust is mostly rust. Mars’s famed color has captivated humankind for centuries, earning its nickname of the ‘Red ...

NASA's Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what's known as a gravity assist—a maneuver to bend the spacecraft's trajectory and position it for a ...

Data from the Mars Express orbiter has been used to create a visualization of "a vast system of deep and steep valleys that stretches out for around 1190 km," on Mars called Noctis Labyrinthus, ...

The Red Planet, as it’s often called, has a distinct hue, and a new theory about this coloration could have implications for ...

China’s Zhurong rover used ground-penetrating radar to find signs of beaches beneath Mars’ surface, adding evidence to the ...

The manoeuvre will not only adjust the spacecraft's trajectory but also provide a unique opportunity for scientists to test ...

A new study has found evidence that Mars's red color may not be caused by the mechanism scientists once thought. The ...