Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' ...

The northern plains of Mars, marked by thousands of mounds and hills, hold significant evidence of the planet's watery past.

Thousands of mysterious clay mounds found on Mars were formed by ancient water on the Red Planet's barren northern plains, ...

The area containing the clay-bearing mounds is geologically connected to Oxia Planum, which is where Rosalind Franklin will ...

Images of Mars taken from orbit show thousands of mounds in a region sculpted by water billions of years ago. A robotic mission may investigate the area one day.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, a private spacecraft hired by NASA to take experiments to the moon, is flying laps ...

The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.

Mars is approaching opposition on Wednesday (Jan. 15), the moment when it is situated directly opposite the sun as seen from Earth, which means it's at its brightest in our night sky right now.

On Thursday 16 January at 1.17am (GMT), Mars will reach opposition. This means it will be positioned on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, and the three will form an almost straight line ...

For much of North America, this enchanting phenomenon will be visible as the moon temporarily hides Mars from view. Known as a lunar occultation, this event occurs only about once every 14 years ...

when Mars is directly opposite the sun in Earth's sky — meaning Mars will be at its biggest and brightest as it nears its closest point to Earth. This is the only lunar occultation of Mars that ...

On Monday night, we will see the highlight of the month, as the full wolf moon occults (covers) Mars. In this 2022 astropic, the full moon and Mars had a close encounter. This will be similar to ...