"What is it about Mars that has made it so prominent in our culture, almost more than any other celestial object?" ...

SpaceX has signed a deal with the Italian Space Agency to fly Italian experiments on the first commercial Starship missions ...

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Jordan, the celebrated British TV drama writer, has stepped down as executive chairman of Red Planet Pictures ...

This is because these objects formed “billions of years ago when liquid water still existed on the Red Planet. Water carried ...

In the vast desert landscapes of Mars, peculiar geological formations continue to intrigue scientists. A prime example of ...

Thirteen years into its mission, NASA's Curiosity rover is still uncovering Martian mysteries — and learning to do more with ...

The Curiosity Mars rover photographed more rocks that are shaped like coral on the red planet's surface. Researchers said the ...

That Red Planet renaissance was largely led by an informal group called the “Mars Underground,” a passionate band of graduate students that formed in 1981 to advocate for more Mars research ...

In early July, the Red Planet rises around 10:30 p.m. local daylight time and climbs highest around 3 a.m. It shines brilliantly at magnitude –2.2. But Mars doesn’t stand pat.

Astronomers found strong evidence that a gassy Jupiter-size world is orbiting one of three stars in the stellar system ...

The only problem is that Martians are already there, and when humans land on the red planet in the then-distant year of 1999, it doesn’t take long for the Martians to hunt them down.

And in 2012, Steltzner's last big project, the Curiosity rover, landed on the Red Planet. It's still exploring Mars today.