Martian clouds are almost always made of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. 95% of the planet's atmosphere is CO2.

Mars is one of the most explored planets in our solar system. Over the years we have had robots roaming on the surface and NASA is working hard to land humans on the planet by the 2030s ...

How to watch the planet parade? To witness a planet parade, you can primarily use your naked eyes to see the brighter planets like Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn; however, for a better view of ...

A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

"And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars ... Administrator Jim Free urged the incoming ...

Building on prior theories describing the Mars of yore as a hot again, cold again place, a team led by researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS ...

Now, NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars ... ancient lakes that were free of ice, offering an important insight into the planet’s early climate ...

President Donald Trump says we’re going to Mars, but don’t start packing your bags just yet. There are a lot of reasons to doubt that his plans will get us to the Red Planet, and he may even ...

In the book, von Braun predicts that humanity will colonize Mars and the leader of the planet will be called "Elon". Believing it was just a coincidence made in the translation process ...

Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' dust storms, a new study suggests.

The northern plains of Mars, marked by thousands of mounds and hills, hold significant evidence of the planet’s watery past. According to a recent study, the formations represent remnants of an ...

Ever since launching SpaceX, Musk has said its core mission is to create a second foundation for human civilization on Mars, with the near-term goal of fostering the Red Planet’s first ...