NASA's Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what's known as a gravity ...

Earth may now be home to the most glorious beaches in the solar system , but 3 billion years ago, it may have been Mars that ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about ...

In the 1970s, images from the NASA Mariner 9 orbiter revealed water-sculpted surfaces on Mars. This settled the ...

The Red Planet, as it’s often called, has a distinct hue, and a new theory about this coloration could have implications for ...

Martian dust is mostly rust. Mars’s famed color has captivated humankind for centuries, earning its nickname of the ‘Red ...

Mars is easily identifiable in the night sky by its prominent red hue. Thanks to the fleet of spacecraft that have studied ...

Scientists have used orbiters and rovers to find dried streams, lakes, and gullies on Mars that hint at its watery past, but ...

By combining observations from space and experiments on Earth, scientists rethink the red planet's history and why it's red.

Thanks to new research techniques published today, scientists say that "our understanding of why Mars is red has been ...

New research reveals that Mars once hosted vast oceans, with scientists discovering buried shorelines beneath its surface, ...