A blue dune captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has raised new questions about wind, sediment, and ...

It’s a virtual mission to Mars. Our first mission to Mars may still be a ways off, but people can take a virtual tour of the Red Planet thanks to a brand new video by the Mars Express Orbiter. People ...

Fragments left behind from massive space debris that struck Mars about 4.5 billion years ago are believed to be buried deep beneath the planet’s surface, according to new research published in the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a haunting rock formation on Mars that looks unsettlingly like a skull. Dubbed "Skull Hill," the jet-black outcrop is so bizarre and out of place that even ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has added to its trove of curious finds, as the space agency published a photo of a rock on the surface of Mars that looks like a centuries-old helmet. The rock has a pointed ...

Scientists simulated the conditions of Mars in a lab to observe how blocks of carbon dioxide "dug" their way through the ...

For years, scientists have been intrigued by mysterious dark streaks running down the slopes of Martian cliffs and craters. These marks, called slope streaks and recurring slope lineae (RSLs), have ...

Scientists identified an iron-rich mineral on the surface of Mars that suggests the planet’s surface may be more dynamic than we thought. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes Scientists have a fairly ...

Until recently, Mars was studied only through telescopes and some data that was recorded from early spacecraft. It was thought that Mars' polar regions were the only significant reservoirs of ice, ...