Look to the southeast this morning before sunrise to glimpse a 33%-lit crescent Moon just 2.4º from the planet Mars. Venus, Saturn and Jupiter will also be visible. Look to the southeast this ...

The Lafayette Meteorite, a chunk of Mars, has provided crucial insights into the Red Planet's geological history.

Using a mix of China's Zhurong Mars rover's onboard instruments, scientists identified several intriguing water-related features.

Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something shocking. Even though he had successfully led the entry, descent, and ...

Shaped like an oversized pocket watch, Beagle 2 hitched a ride to the Red Planet aboard Europe’s Mars Express orbiter but crash-landed on the planet rather than bouncing to a stop with airbags.

Mars missions take a Hohmann transfer orbit, which sees them launch from Earth just before the planet catches-up on Mars. It’s largely about fuel-to-weight ratios. “You can launch every two ye ...

A constellation of Starlink satellites as seen from Earth. Elon Musk-owned SpaceX is working on a Starlink equivalent for Mars that will allow relatively quick communication to and fro from the ...