Scientists have broadly agreed for years that the thousands of small cone-shaped mounds peppering Mars’ northern lowlands are ...

Mars holds a special place in the solar system. It represents marginal habitability. This means it transitioned from warm and ...

A new study suggests Mars could help scientists understand how alien worlds evolve by showing how a once warmer, wetter ...

Scientists believe that future human settlements on Mars may rely on metals extracted from asteroids for construction.

Data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft revealed a never-before-seen atmospheric effect on Mars, revealing how solar storms may ...

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.

NASA’s new electric propulsion engine set a U.S. power record and could transform future Mars missions. The thrusters use ...

NASA took advantage of the recent close approach of the Psyche probe to Mars to calibrate its observation instruments.

NASA announced an agencywide realignment last week and is continuing to refine its planned lunar missions with a far-reaching ...

A NASA spacecraft bound for an unusual metallic asteroid recently made a strategic flyby of Mars — and its cameras captured a ...

Engineers are increasingly turning to the concept of "biomimicry" for the next generation of Mars robots.

You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you've been tasked with establishing the first self-sustaining food crop on a Martian settlement. You're nervous because you're using a new type of ...