Look up at the sky this week and you'll see Mars and Jupiter in a tight lineup not seen for years. On Wednesday, the two planets will be at their closest proximity to each other from Earth's ...

Camille Flammarion's work imagined what might exist beyond Earth in the universe. Three Lions/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an ...

Starting today (January 25), till February and March, the sky is going to be full of stars! However, there is room for a slight rectification here, as the marvelous astronomical event has been tagged ...

Mars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the planet's violently varying tilt may be a key factor. When you purchase ...

NASA is working on bigger and more capable flying follow-ons. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold.

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very similar to classic river deltas on Earth. These are traces of rivers that ...

Elisabeth M. Hausrath receives funding from NASA, including from the MSL Curiosity rover Participating Scientist Program and the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Mars, one of our closest planetary ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...