By Andrew Paul Published Mar 31, 2025 3:26 PM EDT A unique set of risks and challenges await the first astronauts on Mars. Deadly solar radiation, nighttime temperatures regularly dropping lower ...

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of ...

Pure quartz crystals have been spotted on Mars for the first time, as well as other gems like opal. Researchers say these crystals, as well as being evidence of past hydrothermal activity ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission promises to fill significant gaps in our understanding of the universe and propel humanity forward in a new phase of the space race. Exploring the cosmos ...

In his January inaugural address, President Donald Trump declared that we will “pursue our Manifest Density into the stars” and “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars.” ...

MLB, Topps and Nike have partnered to recognize baseball's elite performers from last season with custom gold-embellished MLB logos on their jerseys that will then be used to create trading cards.

That's not a star, however, but a once brilliant planet that continues to diminish in brightness: Mars. Look for this colorful world soaring high in the south-southeast during dusk and lower in ...

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Right now, Mars is a reddish desert landscape – attractive but dead, and certainly not home to any little green men. Other nearby planets offer even less hope. Mercury is a scorched rock too ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has detected the longest organic compounds on Mars to date, providing further evidence that prebiotic chemistry there was more advanced than assumed. This was announced by ...

Credit: CNSA/PEC HELSINKI — China is inviting interested parties to submit proposals to join the country’s pioneering Mars sample return mission, due to launch in late 2028. The China National ...

The efforts made by humans to learn as much as possible about Mars are numerous, and NASA has an indispensable ally on the red planet. This is the Curiosity rover, which roams daily on Mars to ...