When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But ...

The method, developed by researchers at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, uses images of dune surfaces to estimate ...

One of the best parts about sending rovers like Perseverance to other planets, is sometimes they send back some absolutely ...

Right now there is no conclusive evidence of life on Mars past or present. Nasa’s “leopard spots” are the most promising ...

Scientists simulated the conditions of Mars in a lab to observe how blocks of carbon dioxide "dug" their way through the ...

Scientists combined 20 years of Mars images to track over 1,000 dust devils, revealing powerful winds that shape the Red Planet’s atmosphere.

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s ...

A large rock broke off Mars’s surface and went flying through space after an asteroid struck the planet. The roughly 54-pound slab then traveled 140 million miles to Earth, where it breached the ...

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...