NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

The Perseverance Mars rover's Mastcam-Z camera the Martian moon Phobos transit the Sun. See real-time and time-lapsed views ...

NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter photographed this region in the northern latitudes of Mars on July 25, 1976, ... (Incidentally, we’ve seen smiley faces on Mars, too.) ...

See how people have imagined life on Mars through history. Scheming invaders. Benevolent vegetarians. Climate refugees. As scientific exploration has advanced, so have creative interpretations of ...

The image, captured by NASA ’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, is the first of its kind: a volcano on the Red Planet seen on the ...

Legendary Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart and Mary Robinette Kowal, who created alternate-history astronauts in her Lady ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above some clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall ...

You can see Mars’ rusty color in this photo taken by the Viking lander. NASA/JPL. Probes sent from Earth have taken pictures showing rocks with a rusty color.

We know there has been liquid water at the surface. We see evidence of erosion by water of ancient craters. We see branching river tributary systems that look like they were carved by liquid water.

During the latter part of June, Mars will put on a couple of eye-catching shows, teaming up first with a bright star and then, late this month, with the moon.