Can you teach an old Mars rover new tricks? NASA says the answer is a resounding “yes.” Following its landing on Mars 13 ...

Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any ...

Observing Mars with probes If you look closely at pictures of Mars taken by rovers on its surface, you can see that most of the planet isn’t purely red, but more of a rusty brown or tan color.

The dream of walking on Mars is no longer science fiction,it’s on the horizon. As space agencies and private companies push ...

12 HOURS ON MARS: WHAT NASA CAMERAS CAPTURED DURING A SEARCH MISSION ON THE RED PLANET Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun and is about 2.8 billion miles away from the sun, per the source.

Mars will disappear from the sky for a few weeks on Saturday (Nov. 18), moving to the opposite side of the sun as seen from Earth during the Red Planet’s period of solar conjunction.

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

Here’s the scientific story behind just what makes the red planet so red. Mars, along with its thin atmosphere, as photographed from the Viking orbiter in the 1970s.

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction.

NASA is sifting through new clues that could yield insights about how ancient Mars went from a planet with surface water to the dry, Red Planet it is today.

One year on Mars is 668 “Sols”—the time it takes for the planet to make one revolution around its axis—with a single Sol measuring 24 hours and 39 minutes.

Mission to Mars released 20 years ago today (March 6) and barely made back its $100 million budget; Red Planet followed on 10 November 2000 and struggled to gross half of its $80 million budget.