Mars

Scientists find fixed nitrogen in Martian sediments, which means that nitrogen may be biochemically accessible.

In the last eleven years, NASA's Opportunity has traveled over 26 miles, making it the first rover to complete a marathon on Mars.

NASA's Curiosity rover may have just found fatty acids on Mars, although they can't be sure that it has a biological origin yet.

Matt Damon and a Mars Rover star in one of the first images from Ridley Scott's adaptation of The Martian

NASA's Mars orbiter MAVEN has captured data indicating the presence of an aurora on Mars, similar to Earth's "Northern Lights," but...

Mars One finalist claims that the organization is naive in its ambitions and is ripping off its applicants.

Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy was often called "the ultimate in future history" when it was published in the 1990's, as a...

NASA just test fired the largest rocket in history for the first time this morning, in a significant step on the road to Mars.  ...

With the recent discovery that Mars was likely covered by a gigantic ocean four billion years ago, ESO has released beautiful and...

Astrobiologists have long been convinced that Mars was once host to water, and the theory that the northern part of the Red Planet was...

Mars's dichotomy, or its "two faces," has long been a subject of curiosity for astronomers. Now, scientists from the Swiss Federal...

Mars One recently announced their decision to narrow down their shortlist to 100 hopefuls, but they may not want to strap on their...

Mars One has narrowed down the shortlist to 100 hopefuls for their planned one-way trip to Mars. Twenty-four of these applicants will...

Amateur astronomers have reported sightings of strange, plume-like features on Mars on two separate occasions in 2012, and ESA...

In 2024, Dutch organization Mars One plans to send the first humans to the Red Planet. The journey is so long, and the environment so...

British Mars lander Beagle 2 was lost on Christmas day in 2003, and hasn't been heard from since. Now, new NASA photos from the Mars...

Driverless car technology may be coming to Mars. NASA has just joined forces with Japanese automobile company Nissan to help them...

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover first touched down on the Red Planet on January 25, 2004. In that time it has made a multitude of...

The saga of our attempt to find life on Mars has gone on for many years, but there have been several new developments recently....

Mars rover Opportunity has had a long and fruitful life, as it has been studying the Red Planet for over a decade now. After all those...