Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...
The rusty world is full of mysteries—and some of the solar system's most extreme geology. Learn more about Earth's smaller, colder neighbor.
On the night of October 4, 2025, NASA’s Perseverance rover tilted its cameras away from the rocks of Jezero Crater and toward ...
A crewed expedition to Mars promises to push the absolute limits of human endurance. To grasp the sheer scale of the journey, ...
This summer, scientists spotted an incredibly rare visitor to Earth’s solar system—a comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, that entered our solar system from the galaxy beyond and is zipping past the sun at a ...
For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...
New panoramic views from NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers reveal dramatically different Martian terrains shaped by ...
A mysterious interstellar comet — just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system — streaked past Mars last week. A spacecraft in orbit around the red planet had a front-row ...