One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

Despite being known as the Red Planet, Mars shows off its swirling yellows, oranges and browns in a new satellite photo from ...

NIT Rourkela's Prof. Jagabandhu Panda leads a study on Martian weather with UAE and Chinese universities to enhance mission ...

Mars may be more like Earth than previously thought, despite having a thinner atmosphere and a dry, dusty surface.

Mars orbits at an average distance of 142 million miles (228 million km) from the sun. Its orbit is about 1.5 times the size of Earth's. Sunlight takes about 13 minutes to get to Mars, while it ...

What do the clouds on Jupiter, dust storms on Mars and rainstorms on Titan all have in common? They look like they belong on ...

Robin George Andrews reported on the moons of Mars in a special Science Times issue devoted to the Red Planet in 2020. Nov. 22, 2024 Something’s not quite right about the moons of Mars.

Mars’ moons could be the remains of an ill-starred asteroid that got too close to the Red Planet. A shredded asteroid origin could help explain mysterious features of the small, odd-shaped moons ...

Mars is often associated with its iconic red hue, a color that evokes visions of a harsh and uninhabitable desert landscape.

ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured the newly released photos on December 13, 2023. The satellite has been circling the Red ...

Skywatchers can catch a rare conjunction of the moon and Mars on June 29, appearing as a reddish "cherry" near a crescent ...

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has traveled over 21.33 miles since it first landed on the Red Planet in 2012. That might not seem like very far, but it’s an impressive trek considering the ...