Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

NASA's Perseverance rover collects Martian soil samples from Jezero Crater, revealing potential signs of past life on Mars.

NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

Harvard scientists explain how Mars had warm spells billions of years ago, allowing rivers and lakes to exist.

As the two planets travel along their orbital paths, Earth will be between Mars and the sun ... Venus and Saturn will slowly appear to come close together in the night sky during what’s called ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ... 2024 — Two samples from Mars together deliver clear evidence of the origin of Martian ...

That's Mars. The Red Planet is extra bright this year because Earth and Mars are lined up together on the same side of the sun at opposition. From our perspective Mars lies directly opposite the ...