The Mars Express orbiter launched to the Red Planet. Twenty years later, ESA has delivered a high resolution color image of ...

The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun ...

In late December 2024 and early January 2025, a photo circulated on multiple social media sites claiming to show an ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets ...

NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and ...

An occultation of Mars by the Moon last occurred on Dec. 7, 2022. This photo, showing Mars just before it went behind the Moon, was taken during that occultation at PAC’s Paul Castle Observatory in ...

NASA has been committed to the exploration of planet Mars, and now scientists have decided to use nuclear fission energy as ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and hydrological systems.

Witness a rare planetary parade in January 2025, with four planets visible to the naked eye and six with a telescope. Learn when and where to see Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, along with details ...

The City of La Cañada Flintridge celebrated the Jet Propulsion Propulsion Laboratory and Mars exploration with its 2025 float ...

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic ...