The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

New modeling of carbon cycle shows unsteady but habitable history before liquid water disappeared New models from recent ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

For centuries, Mars has captivated the human imagination. Its reddish appearance has earned it the nickname “The Red Planet,” but is it really as red as we’ve been led to believe? While Mars certainly ...

The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, ...

The color red and the planet Mars go together like Earth and its oceans or Saturn and its rings.However, our understanding of how the Red Planet got its signature hue might be wrong. A new ...

These quakes are rocking the planet at similar intensities each time and only happen during Martian summer months. “None of this is normal,” Stähler told the Lunar and Planetary Science ...

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 ...

Mars (planet) Add Topic. First aurora photo from Mars shows green glow in the sky Mars doesn't have an organized planetary magnetic field like Earth, so auroras can appear anywhere in the sky.

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 ) ...

Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon New research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet.