Due to its rusty red appearance caused by iron oxide in its soil, Mars has always been known as the Red Planet. However, ...

"Some of these features are surprisingly dark compared with their icy surroundings, earning their nickname of 'cryptic ...

Scientists know quite a bit about the surface of Mars from robotic missions, but there are still many unexplored geologic ...

People have spotted a human face buried in the dusty surface of Mars. An image sent back from the Perseverance rover has ...

New data captured by NASA's Curiosity rover could give us more insight into why Mars is so dead and hostile despite its ...

Could microbes endure just beneath the surface of Mars, in exposed layers of dusty ice? Scientists say such places are worth ...

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface.

Like Earth, Mars was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, but its early surface was very different than today's. Mars' surface ...

Blue boulders have been seen on the surface of Mars in a vast crater believed to have been created by an asteroid ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way.

Mars is generally regarded as a place that can't support life, but new research sheds light on how the Red Planet evolved ...