From its peculiar reddish colour, to whether life ever existed on Mars, NASA has unlocked several secrets of the red planet over the decades. Check out these 7 stunning NASA images of Mars that reveal ...

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a host of other puzzles connected to the solar system's deep past ...

On January 16 Mars shone at its brightest until 2027 as it was in opposition, which means it was positioned directly opposite ...

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The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos, may be our gateway to that future.

By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When temperatures grow warmer in the spring, the frost sublimates, transitioning from a ...

Living on Mars will be no easy feat. Building viable living quarters would require an inflatable habitat that can be covered with a protective shell. But does Mars have any resources we could use to ...

However, the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, are not massive enough to exert gravitational forces strong enough to stabilize its tilt. Through simulations, scientists have found that the tilt of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s. ESA is already planning to send the much-delayed, life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover ...

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.

NASA's Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds and lakes on the surface. The rover found small undulations like those seen in ...