That same basic principle has allowed NASA to communicate with Psyche, its mission to a metal-rich asteroid in the main belt. However, the 'light' was a version of heat, and instead of being able to ...

If life exists on Mars, a creature would have to withstand radiation and have access to water. One potential niche fulfilling ...

Elon Musk plans to offer trips to Mars for adventurous individuals, likening the journey to a perilous, yet thrilling, sea ...

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

We know that water exists on Mars. It’s frozen near the poles. However, other studies of the Red Planet have also tried to ...

Lockheed Martin, in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, initiated a 100-hour "creep" test in ...

“Martian ice exposures are probably one of the most accessible places we should be looking” for life on the red planet, ...

The image of Elon Musk that may be dominating people’s mindspace at the moment is of his prancing about joyously — and yes, a tad weirdly — behind Donald Trump on the podium during the latter’s Oct. 5 ...

For years, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — a spacecraft circling the Red Planet — has seen white material lining dry ...

An unexpected detour revealed a treasure trove of blue boulders on the Red Planet in an ancient river channel.

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

On Mars, it is less than a ring because the eclipsing object is the potato-shaped doomed moon Phobos crossing the Sun. On the ground, Perseverance was able to snap the celestial spectacle. The rover ...