To conserve fuel, spacecraft don’t launch toward the current position of Mars. Instead, they wait until the planet is properly aligned and then cruise to where Mars will be — seven or more ...

return pieces of Mars to Earth so scientists can study the Red Planet up close. To that end, NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has already collected and cached a bevy of samples since it arrived ...

The Wolf Moon will reach its peak fullness at 5:27 p.m. Eastern Time on January 13. It will rise in the sky about an hour ...

The area containing the clay-bearing mounds is geologically connected to Oxia Planum, which is where Rosalind Franklin will ...

Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously being opposite the sun. The Red Planet will be at its closest point to ...

These two planets are visible in the southwest sky.Mars is currently at opposition from the Sun. That means the Sun and the ...

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The northern plains of Mars, marked by thousands of mounds and hills, hold significant evidence of the planet's watery past.

Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' dust storms, a new study suggests.