From the hundreds and thousands of images of Mars captured by rovers on the Martian surface, you could be forgiven for ...

Most scientists think that Earth and Mars took shape this way from rocky pieces swirling around the young sun around 4.5 ...

Phobos, it seems, is not long for this universe - at least on the large cosmic timescale. Astronomers have long known that ...

Scientists have finally solved one of Mars's most perplexing mysteries: the puzzle of an 'impossible' giant cloud.

A Japanese-led mission has launched to explore Mars’ two mysterious little moons and determine how they formed — and unlock ...

The planet Mars is home to thick layers of clay that can span hundreds of feet. Since they need water to form, these outcrops have long been of interest to scientists looking for signs of past life on ...

Mars is cold, parched, and extremely dusty. Powerful gusts of wind kick up literal tons of reddish dust that often takes the form of whorls known as dust devils. These winds also shroud the planet in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Mars, the red planet, could be in for a global display of ...

NASA is part of a Japan-led mission known as MMX that in the coming days could send an uncrewed spacecraft toward Mars to ...

Currently, about 16,000 satellites are orbiting Earth, providing everything from GPS service and weather reports to phone ...

European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft captures an image of Mars's south pole that looks like a cappuccino or ...