Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and hydrological systems.

NASA has always dreamt of colonizing other planets, and Mars is usually the center of all this. However, recent developments suggest a shift in focus to a different, more challenging destination: ...

Scientists have discovered astonishing microbial diversity deep beneath Earth's surface, which could have implications in the hunt for life on Mars. The study, published in Science Advances ...

Unlike Mercury, who backslides three to four times a year, Mars retrograde occurs every 24 to 26 months — and it's about to happen again. Mars is moonwalking through the zodiac signs Leo and ...

The Philippine Mars is one of four Martin Mars that were converted from patrol and transport planes for the United States Navy to water bombers used to fight fires in B.C. for over 50 years.

Scientists are calling for the cataloging of human artifacts left on Mars — from spacecraft and landers to rovers, probes, and other debris — to document humanity’s earliest steps in interpl ...

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sees red dust piling up on the defunct Mars InSight lander on Oct. 23, 2024. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona For the past two years, a NASA ...

A South African national who illegally entered the U.S. landed a "positive match" on the terrorist watchlist leading to his "swift" arrest in New York City. According to U.S. Border Patrol Chief ...

The Perseverance rover has spent more than three years on Mars scouring the area's rocks and soil for evidence that life once existed on the planet. Late in August, Perseverance began a slow ...

NASA's Perseverance rover triumphantly celebrated the end of a tough climb out of the Jezero Crater on Mars with new images and a new science campaign. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

The Mars aircraft was developed in 1938 as a long-range ocean patrol flying boat. The prototype launched on Nov. 8, 1941 and following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Mars aircraft were repurposed ...