The NASA and ESA Mars Sample Return mission will send bits of the Red Planet collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.

Recently discovered asteroid 2023 DW has been predicted to have a close encounter with Earth on Feb. 14, 2046. See NASA's ...

PASADENA, Calif. A NASA spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Mars Friday, joining a trio of orbiters already circling the Red Planet. Scientists cheered after the Mars Reconnaissance ...

Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With ...

A dazzling image taken by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows an unprecedented view of a 12-mile-high volcano poking through clouds at dawn on the Red Planet. Arsia Mons, which dwarfs Earth’s ...

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