A brightly lit Mars could be seen passing behind the full moon during a rare lunar occultation on Monday, January 13, footage ...

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...

Mars is an attractive candidate for colonization for several reasons. It is relatively close to Earth, with journeys taking ...

NASA has been committed to the exploration of planet Mars, and now scientists have decided to use nuclear fission energy as ...

Any human living on Mars would have to take extreme ... We might find that humans could never live safely or comfortably on a planet like Mars. We can't say anything more than "maybe" until ...

Keep your eyes on Mars in our night sky next week. Our neighboring planet—the fourth from the sun in our solar system and approximately half the size of Earth—will look larger and brighter in ...

Mars is often considered to be the planet most similar to the Earth. Earth however, is capable of supporting life, Mars on ...

Although life has yet to be discovered on Mars, scientists have known about water on the planet for some time, primarily in ...

As Mars approaches opposition this week, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

Mike Lynch is an amateur astronomer and retired broadcast meteorologist for WCCO Radio in Minneapolis/St. Paul. He is the ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and hydrological systems.