Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and ...

Mars, once a planet abundant with water, now lies as a barren, arid expanse. Its surface features reveal a history where ...

Mars has long posed a challenge to landers because its thin atmosphere is thick enough to burn up a spacecraft that isn’t ...

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...

Groundbreaking research into Mars' energy balance reveals a polar surplus driving dynamic weather patterns, including massive ...

NASA recently released an overhead view of what appears to be massive kidney beans found on Mars' northern hemisphere. In ...

"Springtime on Earth has lots of trickling as water ice gradually melts. But on Mars, everything happens with a bang," Serina ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is skygazing and photographing lovely examples of noctilucent clouds on Mars. The wispy formations ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

Every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on Jan. 15, 2025.

During this event, Mars's atmosphere and magnetosphere expanded, and plasma density in the ionosphere increased significantly, with electron and ion densities rising by 2.5 and 10 times, respectively.