No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.

NASA researchers have identified geological structures on Mars that are unlike anything found on Earth. From spider-like ...

NASA's asteroid samples unveil ancient water world remnants, hinting at extraterrestrial origins of life on Earth.

Rootless cones are small volcanic landforms ranging from several to several hundred meters in diameter, formed by continuous ...

Images of Mars taken from orbit show thousands of mounds in a region sculpted by water billions of years ago. A robotic ...

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will once again consider ...

In an extra twist, Mercury is expected to join the lineup later, briefly creating a rare seven-planet alignment ... leaving Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus as the last to linger in the night sky.

That's because the planet Mars was at its closest approach to Earth on Jan. 16, 2025, making it brighter and bigger. This sight was captured in numerous photos shared by various users to the ...

We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...

A “parade of planets”—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—will be visible, and recognizable by their incredible brightness against the night sky. Uranus and Neptune will also be visible, but with a ...

Mars comes into play when it reaches ‘opposition’ with Earth on Thursday evening, meaning the planet is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun. As a result, Mars is lit up by the sun’s ...

This puts Mars exactly opposite the sun, making our view of the red planet the brightest and most detailed it can get. Opposition happens every 789 days, or a little over two years, with the ...