When one thinks of lightning, the image that comes to mind is that of terrestrial storms. But on Mars, a planet where water ...

Who knew a camera built for the study of dusty Martian dunes would, one day, picture a cosmic bullet flying by at 130,000 ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

Scientists have created the most detailed map of Mars’ ancient river systems, pinpointing 16 major basins that may have once ...

This temporal lag is a direct consequence of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The rule is simple: the weaker ...

Near-surface water ice could supply essential resources for future human exploration on the Red Planet. Before sending people ...

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the ...

Despite being one of the most promising places to explore for signs of life, "special regions" and "uncertain regions" may be ...

Mars’s Coloe Fossae reveals a landscape shaped by ancient ice ages, with deep valleys, cratered terrain, and frozen debris ...

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...