NASA's Mariner 4 captured the first-ever close-up image of Mars on July 14, 1965. While waiting for the data to be processed ...

After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...

Geologist Steve Squyres risked his career and millions of dollars to get the Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars.

The whopping 25-kilogram Martian rock will be sold at a special natural history-themed auction at Sotheby's in New York this ...

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

The spacecraft now almost tips upside down relative to Mars to give its radar the best view. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it's thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet's surface, a critical precondition for habitability. The only hope of finding ...

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface. As ...

A new study published in The Innovation highlights the launch of Haishao-1 (HS-1), China's first low-inclination orbit ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...