Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is a dry, rocky world. Its famous red color has earned it the nickname the Red Planet. Mars has fascinated people throughout history, and today, it is one of ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

Meanwhile, Mars continues ... over an hour before the Sun. But by month's end the interval is closer to 1.75 hours. During these upcoming weeks the always-brilliant planet kindles even more ...

In a new study, Iowa physicists propose that interplanetary magnetic field rotation could help explain why Mars became the ...

There is no other moon quite like our own in the entire solar system. The Moon is unique in a lot of ways, some of which are ...

THERE are lots of ideas on how humans can terraform Mars, and turn the dusty, radioactive Red Planet into something ... break up when brought close to the Sun, according to Dr. Czechowski, who ...