Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most extreme topographical features within our solar system. Its colossal ...

We'll likely need to get Perseverance's samples to Earth to determine if they do indeed harbor evidence of Mars life — but the prospects of such a mission are cloudy at best.

NASA has been sending missions to Mars to explore the planet and broaden our understanding, with rovers playing a central part. The term rover refers to a robotic vehicle used to explore distant ...

Drone-mounted radar could help scientists locate accessible water ice on Mars, improving future missions and the search for ...

Scientists edge closer to answering Mars’ biggest question: Did life ever exist on the red planet? Here's the latest from two new finds.

Geologic features at the Opportunity landing site on Mars were formed not by a lake that evaporated but by constant strikes from meteorites, say two Arizona State University geologists. The site where ...

Though it's a cold, dead planet, Mars still has its own natural beauty about it. This image shows us something we'll never see on Earth. Mars has only a thin, tenuous atmosphere, and most of it (95%) ...

TEMPE, Ariz. ­ A new planet-spanning Web site, Google Mars (mars.google.com) launches today on what would have been Mars astronomer Percival Lowell’s 151st birthday. At the heart of the new Web site ...

Mars is a marvel that can be visible to the naked eye to us humans on Earth but there has still long been an ancient mystery surrounding it. Why is Mars red? But now a new study may have finally ...