Mars has been a major focus of astronomers, researchers, and future explorers for several years now. While our neighboring planet has always been important, the fact that NASA, SpaceX, and others ...

Aside from Earth, no planet in the solar system captures our imagination quite like Mars. The Red Planet is one of the few ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped its first images of web-like "boxwork" features on the surface of Mars. The zig-zagging ...

No, Elon, we should not go to Mars (RNS) — It makes more sense to spend money saving the Earth from climate change, ecological destruction and international conflicts than it does going to Mars.

It's been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet -- but a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications suggests ...

Mars orbits at an average distance of 142 million miles (228 million km) from the sun. Its orbit is about 1.5 times the size of Earth's. Sunlight takes about 13 minutes to get to Mars, while it ...

RAE SOLOMON, BYLINE: Maybe it's the intriguing red color, but us earthlings have always been drawn to the planet Mars. Hydrologist Lin Ji is no exception.

The team also used data from InSight to make new observations of Mars’s wobble, which is caused by the liquid core of the planet. The InSight Mars lander has turned out to be a gift that keeps ...

Mars is a dry, rocky, cold, and dusty planet. Its dust is the key to its iconic red color. Now, scientists say there’s more to the story ( Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS ) ...

In his 2014 book, "Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century," Fong goes into great detail on what life on Mars would do to the human body.It really comes ...

The Mars mission is more likely to cost 10- or 20-times what ISS cost. Advertisement The engineering challenges are enormous if humans are to survive the trip, live on Mars and safely return to Earth.

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 ...