NASA confirms that Mars has air, but its composition and extremely low pressure raise a far more serious question: could a human survive even a single breath on the Red Planet? As the agency pushes forward with plans for future crewed missions,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people grow up dreaming of becoming astronauts, imagining themselves soaring through space, among the stars, where adventure and mystery await at every turn. It’s a job that ...

This month, ESA's Mars Express takes us to Shalbatana Vallis: a fascinating Martian valley surrounded by signs of water, lava, craters and chaos. Shalbatana Vallis is an impressive channel near Mars's equator.

Earth-based experiments on iron-sulfur alloys thought to comprise the core of Mars reveal details about the planet’s seismic properties for the first time. This information will be compared to observations made by Martian space probes in the near future.

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red has been pondered for hundreds, if not thousands, of years ...

The reason why Mars is called the Red Planet is because of its reddish appearance when seen from space and Earth. Mars is red due to iron oxide commonly known as rust. The reddish appearance created due to iron oxide dust particles covering its surface has ...

“Mars, can you please clean up your Legos?” “Jupiter, finish your peas.” “Don’t pull the cat’s tail, Mercury!”