Mars has northern and southern hemispheres like Earth, but their defining characteristics are markedly different, a phenomenon known as Martian dichotomy. The Southern Highlands are older ...

At one point, Mars had moving tectonic plates like Earth does. The movement of these plates and the molten rock beneath them could have created something like the dichotomy—which was then frozen ...

Lander has claimed to find evidence that Mars has a solid inner core, just like the Earth. By looking at the seismic vibrations from beneath the surface, scientists can put together a picture of ...

While robotic missions have returned samples from the moon and space rocks like asteroids, a successful Mars mission would mark the first time that rocks from another planet made it back to Earth.

"At one point, Mars had moving tectonic plates like Earth does," the researchers wrote. "The movement of these plates and the molten rock beneath them could have created something like the ...

The worlds accompanying Earth around the Sun are varied ... for a crew mission to put humans on Mars. But for a short time Monday night, it looked like there was a direct path.

It's been a while now since American space agency NASA seriously started considering bringing pieces of planet Mars to Earth for study. The idea really caught shape when the Perseverance rover ...

Engineers must calculate the ideal orbits for sending a spacecraft from Earth to Mars. Like throwing a dart at a moving target from a moving vehicle, they must calculate where the planet will be ...

Deimos is Mars' outer moon. It's a tiny ... in the past decade or so is that Deimos and Phobos formed much like Earth's moon did, coalescing out of debris from a mighty impact on the planet.

Guwahati: Mars came close to the Earth on Sunday as astronomy enthusiasts organized gathered across the city to witness this rare occurrence. Cloudy skies, however, put paid to their hopes as Mars ...

At one point, Mars had moving tectonic plates like Earth does. The movement of these plates and the molten rock beneath them could have created something like the dichotomy – which was then ...