China’s Mars mission revealed strange discoveries on the red planet that continue raising disturbing questions among ...

A colony on Mars won’t arrive fully built — it will begin as something else entirely. Machines, materials, and code sent ...

If humans one day settle Mars, they will need tools and parts to build structures on the planet. Carrying heavy, bulky supplies 34 million miles from Earth would be impractical. A better plan, says ...

A powerful solar storm has helped scientists uncover a major clue about how Mars continues to lose its atmosphere.

The Perseverance rover’s radar identified sediments and minerals linked to massive water deposits from the planet’s distant ...

The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from geologic processes or meteorites ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed extraordinary spiderweb-like formations on Mars that scientists believe could hold the key to ancient life on Mars ...

Using data from NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified the Zwan-Wolf effect in ...

Inhabiting Mars has long been a futuristic fantasy fueled by science fiction. However, successful landings over the past half-century have made this seemingly far-fetched idea increasingly plausible.

If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh rays. One possible answer: great, glassy domes of ice. Mars is rich in ...