Mars isn't a bright, fire-engine red, but the iron oxide in its rocks makes it appear redder than other planets, especially ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover delivered the highest resolution images of Victoria Crater, pushing the boundaries of what we know about the Red Planet. Designed for just 90 Martian days, Opportunity defied ...

The planet Mars is home to thick layers of clay that can span hundreds of feet. Since they need water to form, these outcrops ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above some clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall ...

Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient connection between the planet Mars and blood wasn’t completely wrong. Rust, ...

For the first time in history, we’re seeing real, high-resolution images of Mars like never before—and the discoveries are nothing short of astonishing. Captured by NASA’s latest missions ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just captured its first image of the Curiosity rover driving along the red planet’s surface. The 2,000-pound Mars rover is shown as a dark speck in the ...

Images were taken from camera attached to an orbiter Mars was about 127 million miles away at the time The HiRise camera has been orbiting Mars since 2006 A high-powered camera operated by the ...

It's called Deimos, and is much smaller and more mysterious than Phobos, the first moon of Mars. The pictures were taken by the ESA's Hera mission, which is on its way to an asteroid called ...

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of ...

Mars has only 1/3 of Earth's gravity because it has just 1/10 of Earth's mass. Photo Credit: NASA Humans would need to wear spacesuits to stay safe and protected on Mars' surface.

The first success came with the Mariner 4, from NASA, in 1965, which sent the first images of the Martian surface. Exploring Mars is not easy. About 50% of missions sent to the planet failed due to ...