“The closer it is to the sun, the more a planet becomes dominated by the sun’s gravity,” Kane said. “Because Mars is farther ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

NASA lost contact with the MAVEN probe in Mars orbit, and teams are working to reestablish communications after an unexpected ...

Advances in technology have reopened the debate over terraforming Mars, shifting it from an impossible dream to a long-term scientific and ethical question.

A pair of small satellites launched aboard a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket last week, bound for Mars. The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration ...