Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6.

The story of the red planet, it turns out, may be due for a revision. At one time, experts thought that Mars was covered with fields of rocks with iron trapped inside. Somehow or other, and over a ...

We've always known Mars as the Red Planet - but it turns out, we may have had the reason why wrong. If so, it could revise much of what we know about the history of our smaller neighbor planet. In a ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released today (Dec. 9) from the National ...

Bizarre 'bleached' rocks on the surface of Mars suggest that the Red Planet was once a tropical oasis, a new study reveals.

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

Earth’s toughest bacteria could turn Martian dust into building materials. Could these microbes be the key to our survival on ...

Mars Express has found a unique butterfly-shaped crater on Mars. This formation resulted from a space rock hitting at a low ...

Mars Express orbiter captures a slightly elliptical crater measuring roughly 12 miles (20 kilometres) east to wes ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

The melting of the ice caused the soil and rocks to flow like fluidised material. This is why the debris around the crater ...