NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

Mars, often seen as a barren and lifeless world, was not always the desolate planet we know today. New research has uncovered ...

Mars is on the cusp of becoming bigger and brighter than at any point since 2022 as it comes into alignment with Earth and ...

January 2025 will be an excellent opportunity to spot Mars and some of its details with a medium-sized telescope!

This January, the night sky offers a stunning display featuring the Quadrantid meteor shower and a rare alignment of four bright planets visible in a single view. Witness Mars at opposition, shining ...

Snow dots the Martian landscape in these images from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Elon Musk, the ever-visionary CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is reaching for the stars—literally. On Friday, he hinted at a radical ...

The exact mechanism behind Mars’ ubiquitous dust storms is little understood. But a recent discovery is an important step ...