If Mars becomes a human colony is anyone’s guess. Musk said 2016 that it would take 40 to 100 years to have a self-sustaining civilization on the planet. While Mars is quite barren, dusty, and chilly, ...

The first time you may have heard the term ‘dwarf planet’ was when Pluto got demoted to one in 2006 (RIP). However, we actually have six in our Solar System. Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

Water once existed in abundance of at the surface of Mars. How much of that water has been stored in the planet's crust is still unclear, according to a new analysis.

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...

IT’S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 weird and wonderful worlds across 4,300 planetary systems have been ...

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MARS IS TO THE LEFT OF THAT. IT’S EASY TO PICK OUT BECAUSE IT’S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR. IT’S LIKE OFF WHITE OR YELLOW COMPARED TO THE OTHERS, BUT IT IS VERY BRIGHT IN THE SKY.

The unique alignment, set to conclude on Friday, occurs when the planets in our solar system, which are orbiting the sun, line up from the Earth’s perspective. While Mars, Jupiter and Saturn ...

Six planets were visible in January — four to the naked eye — and now a dim Mercury joins the gang. This month, Venus, Mars and Jupiter are visible to the naked eye. A faint Saturn and Mercury are ...

Credit: Robert Citron A ground-penetrating radar on a Chinese rover that landed on Mars four years ago has helped scientists detect signatures of buried beach deposits, the strongest evidence yet for ...