As Mars approaches opposition this month, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

During January 2025, a large planetary conjunction involving four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will be visible ...

Discover the red planet like never before! This month offers a unique opportunity to witness Mars in stunning detail. From ...

NASA's retired Mars InSight Lander continues to reveal Red Planet secrets, from dust dynamics to Martian weather patterns.

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...

A study published in Icarus explores the possibility that Mars’ moons, Phobos and Deimos, formed from asteroid debris torn apart by the planet’s gravitational forces. Researchers ran advanced ...

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing its original plan swell to ...

Mars, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus — simultaneously traveling through the sky on the night of Jan. 21. The planets will appear after sunset until around 9 p.m. local time. You can admire all but ...

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.