I’ve always considered the moniker “Red Planet” as an oversimplification. Mars clearly looks more ochre than crimson up close ...

Learn more about the Perseverance Rover as it traverses the Martian landscape looking for signs of extinct life.

Uncrewed vehicles like the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers (as well as orbiters) have for years captured stunning photos of Mars. Here are the latest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Siccar Point, photographed by the Curiosity rover, is near Mars' Gale Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M ...

Oxidized iron dominates the Martian color palette. The dusty reds, ochers, browns and tans give the planet its nickname: the ...

Perseverance rover makes a discovery at Margin Unit on Mars giving scientists clues about the planet's wet history and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A rare dawn conjunction on Saturday, July 4, brings fourth ...

Carbonate minerals are among the best records of past liquid water on Mars: They form when water carrying dissolved carbon ...

Robert Zubrin, likely the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, and then remaking it in the Earth’s image, predicts SpaceX’s colossal Starship will be the first spacecraft ever to ...

There's been a lot of talk this week about our neighboring planet Mars. The main subject of wishful thinking for the dreamers on our own Earth, the ball of rock we affectionately call the Red Planet ...

It is 2025, and we are making the necessary steps to colonize Mars. That is the set-up to Red Planet, a sci-fi movie that is now 25 years old and manages to feel lightly optimistic, despite being ...