The south polar region of Mars When it was shared: Jan. 29, 2025 Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the ...

Mars reaches opposition on Jan. 16, when it will shine a brilliant golden color to the naked eye in the constellation Gemini. A few days earlier, on Jan. 12, it will make its closest approach to ...

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

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President Trump vowed Monday to be the first commander-in-chief to put US astronauts on Mars. “The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth ...

That’s because at opposition, Mars is about as close to Earth as it will get during this orbit. The actual closest approach occurs three days earlier, on Jan. 12. Mars reaches opposition Jan. 15 ...

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

The method could propel a 220-lb. (100 kilograms) robotic spacecraft to Mars in only three days, he said. "There are recent advances which take this from science fiction to science reality," Lubin ...

For decades, we have been imaging the surface of Mars with ever-finer resolution, cataloging a huge range of features on its surface, studying their composition, and, in a few cases, dispatching ...