I've read that the planned crewed Mars missions will take six months or two years to arrive. Which is it? Could a longer trip ...

Mars has long been painted as a dead world of dust and radiation, a place where human visitors would survive only inside thick metal cans. A wave of new research on bizarre, ultra‑tough microbes from ...

On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and an atomic clock in a lab. Everything is wired together so well that you rarely think about the ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected.

Using vision-based generative AI instead of human planners, Perseverance rover successfully mapped and drove its own routes ...

Scientists reveal that time passes slightly faster on Mars due to weaker gravity. Einstein’s theory explains why humans would ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go beneath the surface,... The core of Mars looks like Earth’s. What makes the ...

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational pull serves as a stabilizing force for our home’s orbit, tilt and position ...

Elon Musk now aims for the Moon first. He believes a lunar base offers quicker protection for life. Mars colonization remains ...