Dr. Shannon Curry, principal investigator for NASA’s MAVEN mission, explains how Mars is gradually losing its atmosphere through a process called sputtering. Over ten years, MAVEN tracked how solar ...

In a new paper, a group of planetary scientists, biologists, and engineers make the case for treating Mars as the ultimate ...

A new study argues that Mars could act as a testing ground for habitat restoration, with lessons learned helping to fight ...

As for today, the environments on Mars that could potentially support life are few and far between, and it's all about ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over how Mars lost the thick atmosphere it once had. That atmosphere was essential for ...

A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint ...

The authors also noted why colonising Mars would not be good for science. Lanza pointed out that terraforming Mars will ...

Elon Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, has a bold vision for sending Starship to Mars. Experts weigh in on what's realistic ...

How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...

For that much water to exist, Mars would have needed a thicker atmosphere — one that could hold in heat and pressure. But today, Mars is cold, dry, and barely has any air. That shift likely ...

“In the universe, an absolute vacuum is rare, and most of the universe is very low-density high-temperature plasma,” said Chris Impey, an astronomer at the University of Arizona. “In principle, sound ...

The company is developing a larger vehicle, named Helios, that could meaningfully improve the ability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 ...