Astronauts who explore Mars should be careful not to leave too heavy of a footprint, experts stress. "We risk the same for Mars without legal or normative frameworks to protect such sites," suggests a ...

The NASA Phoenix Mars Lander assessed the history of water in the Martian arctic, searched for evidence of a habitable zone, and appraised the biological potential of the ice-soil boundary. Image ...

Moon boots and Mars boots: anyway you look at it there are a lot of NASA shoes still to drop. Among the agency's missions in perpetual déjà vu status is Mars Sample Return (MSR), an attempt to bring ...

A mysterious pit on the flank of an ancient volcano on Mars has generated excitement recently because of what it could reveal beneath the surface of the Red Planet. Here's what that means. First ...

A computer-generated image shows an early Mars settlement. (Image via Midjourney, 2023) The nonprofit Mars Society is getting set to take the next giant leap in its mission to support Red Planet ...

There's been a lot of talk this week about our neighboring planet Mars. The main subject of wishful thinking for the dreamers on our own Earth, the ball of rock we affectionately call the Red Planet ...

Photos from over the last five years show some of the space oddities it has spotted in its exploration of the Red Planet.

Texas Senator John Cornyn announced a $1 billion MARS Act to upgrade NASA's Johnson Space Center to better support long-duration missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. When you purchase through links ...