But Curiosity wasn't the only one with a geological mystery. At the same time, roughly 2,300 miles away on the other side of ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet — but a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications suggests ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago ...

Right now, Mars is a reddish desert landscape – attractive but dead, and certainly not home to any little green men. Other nearby planets offer even less hope. Mercury is a scorched rock too ...

"And we will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," he said during his Jan. 20 inauguration speech.

The samples were collected by the 'Sample Analysis at Mars' (SAM) – one of the instruments on-board NASA's Curiosity Rover which has been studying the Gale crater since 2012. It has a gas ...

A perfect March Madness bracket could win you a trip to Mars in the years ahead aboard SpaceX's Starship rocket. And in case you're wondering, yes, that's the same spacecraft that has made ...

Trump again called on the United States to send astronauts to Mars in his speech to a joint session of Congress. President Donald Trump told lawmakers that U.S. astronauts will one day carry the ...

Credit: X @POTUS WASHINGTON — President Trump says a human mission to Mars is of interest to him but is not a “number one” priority, amid concerns about potential sweeping budget cuts at NASA.