NASA and China's national space agency plan to send crewed missions to Mars in the coming decades. Per NASA's Moon to Mars ...

For years, Mars has sat in an awkward middle ground, too geologically quiet to look like Earth. At the same time, it is too ...

A person standing on the largest volcano in the solar system would never know it. Olympus Mons rises 70,000 feet over Mars on ...

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made largely of water ice—the most obvious sign that Mars was once a wetter, warmer ...

Scientists analysing Martian meteorite NWA 8171 have uncovered the first known garnet‑bearing rock from Mars, a discovery that could reshape theories about the planet's ancient geology.

A new study revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes. The findings, based on long-term atmospheric data, ...

Mars is a very dry planet with very little water in its atmosphere and hardly any clouds, so you might not expect it to have storms. Yet, there is lightning and thunder on Mars – although not with ...