Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

NASA’s Mars Orbiter is rolling 120° to help see beneath the surface - and it’s revealing clearer signs of ice, rock, and ...

After nearly 20 years of operations, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is on a roll, performing a new maneuver to ...

In 2025, space exploration enters a new era with missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, led by NASA, ISRO, ESA, JAXA, and ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

UCF Professor Ramses Ramirez believes human exploration can greatly accelerate the search for life. "A human can react ...

People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars since ancient times. Because it appears reddish, it has often ...

Mars is often associated with its iconic red hue, a color that evokes visions of a harsh and uninhabitable desert landscape.

A hidden box-lattice suggests groundwater sculpted Mars long after surface water fled; Curiosity’s drills aim to confirm the ...

A 1976 picture from the Viking lander, the very first spacecraft to land on Mars, shows the Martian ground covered with a layer of rusty orange dust. Not all of Mars’ surface has the same color.

New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only ...