Mars is not just a colder, dustier version of Earth. It is a planet soaked in high‑energy particles that batter rock, metal, ...

Mars has long been painted as a dead world of dust and radiation, a place where human visitors would survive only inside ...

On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and an atomic clock in a lab. Everything is wired together so well that you rarely think about the ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red ...

A MYSTERIOUS rock that fell to Earth from Mars may hold some watery secrets about the Red Planet – and possibly alien life.

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the extent to which Mars is quietly tugging on Earth's orbit and shaping the ...

Using vision-based generative AI instead of human planners, Perseverance rover successfully mapped and drove its own routes ...

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational pull serves as a stabilizing force for our home’s orbit, tilt and position ...