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

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

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

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

Learn about Mars at opposition in January 2025, when the Red Planet is closest to Earth. Discover how to view it, key dates, ...

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

One of the big firsts in 2024 came from SpaceX as it finally managed to fly its Starship into space without blowing up.

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

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

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

For two days in the December the solar wind suddenly stop on Mars and its atmosphere on the sun-facing side swelled "by nearly four times its usual size — from its usual 497 miles (800 km) to over ...