Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But with NASA planning a human mission as early as the 2030s, that will soon ...

A recent discovery on Mars has revealed something truly fascinating: massive water-carved caves that might just be hiding evidence of ancient life. These caves, which formed when slightly acidic water ...

NASA’s Psyche mission to investigate a metal-rich asteroid captured rare glimpses of Mars during a recent flyby.

For anyone curious about what it's like to stand on another planet, Earth offers a few convincing previews. Mars may be 140 million miles away, but scientists and movie directors have been finding its ...

Mars may have once had an ocean so vast that it covered one-third of the planet before evaporating billions of years ago and leaving behind a telltale sign: a flat band of land, outlining the former ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...