The NASA Phoenix Mars Lander assessed the history of water in the Martian arctic, searched for evidence of a habitable zone, and appraised the biological potential of the ice-soil boundary. Image ...

Astronauts who explore Mars should be careful not to leave too heavy of a footprint, experts stress. "We risk the same for Mars without legal or normative frameworks to protect such sites," suggests a ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a cold, desert world within our solar system. It has a very thin atmosphere, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A white background with a black circle that appears to be a hole. A mysterious pit on the flank of an ancient volcano on Mars has ...

NASA is starting to take its first steps toward opening a commercial pathway to Mars. This week, the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued a new solicitation to the industry titled ...

A computer-generated image shows an early Mars settlement. (Image via Midjourney, 2023) The nonprofit Mars Society is getting set to take the next giant leap in its mission to support Red Planet ...

JAXA’s ambitious Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft searching for clues about the origin of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. Image credit: JAXA. It ...