Life on Mars is a dream long held – and not just for David Bowie. The idea of settling on the Red Planet has been around for ...

New research reveals ancient ripples on Mars, providing compelling evidence of long-lost lakes that once existed 3.7 billion ...

A puzzle about Mars has intrigued scientists for decades. The planet’s two hemispheres are strikingly different in structure.

The European Space Agency has published some very curious images of Mars, in which the planet closest ... layers of carbon dioxide ice, warming the surface. The increase in temperature at the ...

Unlike the dunes on Earth which are constantly in motion, the kidney bean-shaped dunes on Mars appear surprisingly motionless ...

It’s time to ring in the Martian New Year with a variety of strange sights on the planet’s Northern Hemisphere.

Snow dots the Martian landscape in these images from ESA's Mars Express ... but a seasonal process brings some of it to the surface. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter also saw winter frost ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds and ...

In April, ESA's Mars Orbiter captured images of surface features around the planet's south pole that researchers said were "surprisingly dark compared with their icy surroundings." The scientists ...

The next favorable occultation of Mars for North America will take place on Feb. 5, 2042. (Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images) Did you see the full “Wolf Moon” eat Mars? The first ...

Scientists believe NASA's InSight lander has solved the 50-year-old mystery surrounding the Martian dichotomy.

(Side note: a similar process creates the spider-like features found on the Martian surface.) So what looks like a beautiful pastoral winter scene in these Mars Express images is actually a ...