I've read that the planned crewed Mars missions will take six months or two years to arrive. Which is it? Could a longer trip ...

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

Elon Musk wants to turn one of the planet’s biggest problems into literal rocket fuel. His pitch is deceptively simple: ...

A northern summer dust storm on Mars boosted high-altitude water escape, suggesting short-lived events may play a bigger role ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected.

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 ...

Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, was skeptical when he read recent studies that showed the gravitational pull from Mars being connected to Earth’s long-term climate ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go beneath the surface,... The core of Mars looks like Earth’s. What makes the ...

As more than 120 million people tuned in to the Super Bowl for kickoff on Sunday evening, SpaceX founder Elon Musk turned ...

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 ...