Dark “slope streaks,” likely resulting from dust avalanches, stretch across an area of Mars called Acheron Fossae in this ...

Space aficionados spotted the eclipse in raw images captured by the rover on Nov. 18. Planetary scientist Paul Byrne likened the view to a "googly eye." This story is part of Welcome to Mars , our ...

NASA’s Mars Orbiter is rolling 120° to help see beneath the surface - and it’s revealing clearer signs of ice, rock, and ...

But since its orbit is less than 10,000 km from the surface of Mars, it still appears rather impressive against the distant Sun. NASA released a bunch of these raw images last week, ...

Not every unusual surface feature is a sign of water on Mars, and studies like this one help clarify where and how we continue our search for signs of life. In space exploration, ...

By studying seismic waves, researchers have found a layer deep beneath the surface of Mars that could contain enough liquid water to flood the planet with an ocean thousands of feet deep.

Mars’ other moon Deimos, is named after Phobos’ mythological twin brother. Roughly 157 times smaller in diameter than Earth’s Moon, Phobos is only about 17 miles (27 kilometers) at its ...

Releasing glitter-sized iron rods into Mars’s atmosphere could warm the planet enough to melt water and support microbial life. Making the surface of the Red Planet suitable for Earth life, a ...

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.