On January 29, 1989, a Soviet space probe named Phobos 2 arrived in orbit around Mars. This was the last space mission ...

Advances in technology have reopened the debate over terraforming Mars, shifting it from an impossible dream to a long-term scientific and ethical question.

In a solar system far, far away NASA have discovered a planet which they think 'might be remarkably similar to Earth', though ...

A team of researchers at the University of Southern Queensland has discovered a potentially habitable planet 150 light-years ...

The thin air of Mars has long been treated as a problem to be solved, a hostile mix of carbon dioxide and dust that stands ...

Mars, once a world with rivers, lakes, and oceans, tells a tragic story written in rock and ice. The loss of its magnetic field exposed it to relentless solar radiation, stripping away its atmosphere ...

Scientists believe modern technology to be crucial in 'supporting sustained missions' on Mars.

Researchers at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) have discovered a potentially habitable planet 150 light-years ...

Worlds that circle stars other than our own are called “exoplanets.” This specific one could be the very first planet like ...

Dr Vassilis Inglezakis of Strathclyde University examined the various ways of obtaining water on Mars.

NASA is racing to contact a lost probe that mysteriously lost contact over Mars in early December. The $582.5 million Maven ...

A unique characteristic of the candidate planet HD 137010b is its ice-cold temperature.