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

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A Mars spacecraft has now been AWOL for more than a month. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN ...

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 findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold.

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 ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

So, Mars does have storms, but they’re far drier and dustier than the thunderstorms on Earth. Scientists are continually ...

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 ...

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