Senior Reporter Roland Beres speaks with Kyle Averill of Spacepoint live on Good Morning Idaho, previewing an event on Feb. 7 ...

Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' ...

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

This week, Mars will shine brighter than at any time since December 2022 as it reaches a point astronomers call "opposition." That means skywatchers will have the best views of the Red Planet ...

And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars. The full moon will be at peak illumination at 5:27 p.m. ET Monday but will appear ...

Now, the US, China, and other nations have ... and about one-third of Earth's gravity. Can humans even live on Mars? In a perfect universe, we would change Mars to be more like Earth.

“NASA’s plan, in the long run, is to go live and work on Mars,” he says, and they’ll do that by “learning how to live and work on the moon first”. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040. The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is already ...

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Four planets will be in the parade in January while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and ...