They may resemble kidney beans, but formations on the northern hemisphere of Mars are actually sand dunes covered in carbon ...

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to ...

NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs ...

NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s.

Mars will vanish behind January's full Wolf Moon tonight during an occultation event visible across North America.

A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...

The ground on Mars is full of nitrogen, a vital component for planet life, raising hopes that it might be more hospitable than it appears — but Martian soil is also dense and clay-like, the ...