You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the ...

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of ...

The discovery of a potential ancient ocean on Mars has profound implications for the ever-evolving search for ...

The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down on the Red Planet unassisted ...

Spacecraft landing on dusty surfaces like of the moon and Mars tend to kick up powdery regolith that blurs the lenses of ...

With the assistance of China's Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fresh evidence that Mars was home to an ocean billions ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way. Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped ...

Why are journey times a lot slower for spacecraft intending to orbit or land on the target body e.g. Mars compared to those that are just going to fly by? If you want your spacecraft to enter Mars ...

This undated handout photograph shows an image taken by a camera released from China's Zhurong Mars rover showing the rover (left) and the landing platform on the surface of Mars. — AFP A ...

In an image snapped by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8, Mexico's most active volcano Popocatépetl can be seen spewing out ash and smoke. The volcano was particularly active last week, ...

A new radar instrument designed to measure nearby dust and debris could make spacecraft landings on the moon and Mars safer. | Credit: Nicolas Rasmont/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

When spacecraft land, they tend to kick up lots of pesky dust that coats their navigation cameras. Spacecraft landing on dusty surfaces like of the moon and Mars tend to kick up powdery regolith ...