It ended up taking to the Red Planet skies a total of 72 times before it suffered rotor damage, ending its mission. Over the course of its four years on Mars, Perseverance has discovered rocks ...

Aside from Earth, no planet in the solar system captures our imagination quite like Mars. The Red Planet is one of the few places in our cosmic neighborhood where extraterrestrial life may have ...

These two planets are visible in the southwest sky.Mars is currently at opposition from the Sun. That means the Sun and the "Red Planet" are directly opposite from each other with Earth in the middle.

Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south pole that are visible only in springtime on the Red Planet. This image ...

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 ... New Paper Examines the ...

Monstrous dust storms often ravage Mars, engulfing the Red Planet for months. Now, a new study suggests these global storms may be related to a peculiar energy imbalance recently discovered across the ...

SINGAPORE – Astronomy buffs, undeterred by cloudy skies and rain, managed to catch a glimpse of the planet Mars on the night of Jan 16, when it was at its closest to Earth in 2025. Mars was also ...

Recordings of Martian earthquakes, or "marsquakes," collected by a robot on the Red Planet may have finally solved a 50-year-old mystery: why one half of Mars is so drastically different from the ...

SINGAPORE - On Jan 16, people in Singapore will have the opportunity to witness Mars at its closest, brightest, and most vivid this year. The Red Planet will be in opposition, an astronomical term ...

President Trump, in his second-term inauguration address, announced his intention to send Americans to Mars. Planet Labs' imaging and analytics technology could play a part in a mission.

Over the next few weeks, a stunning parade of planets will glow across the night sky, putting on a celestial spectacle that both amateur and seasoned stargazers can easily observe. All month, four ...

"We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," Trump said. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a longtime proponent of ...