One of the defining characteristics of Mars are its craters. Direct asteroid strikes are no doubt responsible for many of the ...

Data from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft shows that the little atmosphere Mars has sputters, ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

The team studying these sounds found that Mars' thin air, composed mostly of carbon dioxide, makes sound waves behave ...

If we ever want to live on Mars like Elon Musk wants, we're going to have to work out terraforming, and scientists say we're ...

"Mission To Mars" is an optimistic film that chronicles the first manned mission to Mars that ends in tragedy when a raging red cyclone wipes out the entire crew but leaves one survivor after an ...

Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system's birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these ...

Critics of longtermism say it appeals to wealthy tech moguls precisely because it adds a sheen of morality to their ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over how Mars lost the thick atmosphere it once had. That atmosphere was essential for ...

NASA has shared huge news about a discovery made on Mars. After a decade of searching, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere Volatile ...

NASA scientists have discovered evidence that could help answer questions surrounding the history of water loss on Mars.

In honor of the live-action 'Lilo & Stitch', we look back at 12 extra-terrestrials who came in peace. Aliens tend to fall ...