(NEW YORK) — NASA’s Mars lander, called Insight, is slowly losing power because its two solar panels are covered in dust and it will need to mostly shut down by the end of May. NASA is being forced to ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

Earth’s climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet’s ...

Newfound rocks on Mars suggest the planet may have once sported an oxygen-rich atmosphere, making it more Earth-like and hospitable to life than previously thought. When you purchase through links on ...

Mars is a place of mysteries. Was it ever—or is it now—home to life? Why did it lose its magnetic field, allowing the solar wind to claw away its once-abundant atmosphere? And then there’s the riddle ...

Mars has gotten a ton of attention lately with all of NASA’s red planet satellite and rover maneuvers, but astronomers say it could get more on the night of January 29. That’s when Mars will shine its ...

For centuries Mars has been called "the Red Planet" and there's a scientific reason why. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This ...

This story was updated to correct inaccurate position of Mars and Earth. Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously being ...