Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a ...

From Galileo’s early studies in astronomy to humankind’s first steps on the moon, people throughout the ages have looked to ...

The team analyzed meteorites from a large space rock designated as NWA7034 or “Black Beauty.” While all Martian meteorites ...

The earliest known direct evidence of hot water activity on Mars has been found, pointing to the possibility that the planet ...

In fact, it contains a staggering 99.86% of the total mass of the entire solar system. The remaining mass is spread out ...

Also one of the facts about planets is that Mars had a thick atmosphere in the past. It is believed to have water in the past ...

Check out these other science facts you never learned in school. While Perseverance is learning more about our nearest ...

The highest mountain… is on Mars! Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in our solar system, standing at roughly 13 miles high. It’s about two and a half times Mount Everest's height above sea ...

It's dustier than the road to death, drier than Dorothy Parker's martini, colder than the devil's kiss. Like much of Mars, the butterscotch plain is inhospitable, empty, ancient, and, when it ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. You’re a spacecraft at Mars. You’ve just reached the epic milestone of 25,000 orbits around the red planet. How do you celebrate?

Mars has been born afresh in the human mind with each exploratory thrust. Now it was happening again under the astonished gaze of Ken Edgett as he sat at his computer, tucked away in a leafy ...

The Mars Perseverance rover is all set to take off from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30.