As humanity sets its sights on Mars colonization, understanding and mitigating the effects of space weather become imperative ...

HELENA — The planets are aligned. Six planets, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn can be seen in the night sky.

Living on Mars will be no easy feat. Building viable living quarters would require an inflatable habitat that can be covered ...

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

New research reveals ancient ripples on Mars, providing compelling evidence of long-lost lakes that once existed 3.7 billion ...

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

Rootless cones are small volcanic landforms ranging from several to several hundred meters in diameter, formed by continuous ...

The planet is the seventh largest and is currently inhabited solely by robots. However, the space agency is working hard to ...

One of my gripes with "The Martian" movie was the depiction of the winds on Mars. The lower air density means that the sort ...

Heads up! Four planets are visible in the evening sky this month, and another two planets can be found with a little help.

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Skywatchers can spot Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with the naked eye, but two other planets might need a ...