After revving you up with both motivation and anxiety since January 6, feisty Mars leaves your sign on April 18. As the red planet plows ... or start ordering toile wallpaper samples.

Despite its current dry and cold state, evidence suggests ancient Mars had significant amounts of liquid water in the form of lakes, rivers, rain, and snow.

THERE are lots of ideas on how humans can terraform Mars, and turn the dusty, radioactive Red Planet into something habitable. Scientists have suggested we start with Antarctic desert moss ...

Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin The European Space Agency (ESA) just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail the dynamic terrain of the Red Planet's Acheron Fossae region.

In 2034, the first person landed on Mars. While she didn’t go there physically, she still experienced the planet intimately ... via a sophisticated brain-computer interface.

Their goal is to study the planet's volcanic and hydrological history, looking for indicators that Mars might have once been habitable. Through their research, the team has discovered two types of ...

The lead author of a new study pointing to more proof of water on Mars says it brings scientists a step closer to determining whether the planet was ever capable of supporting life. But Ben Tutolo ...

THE UK has completed the build of its first-ever Mars rover, designed to search for signs of alien life on the Red Planet in 2030. It is a landmark feat for the UK, and will be the first European ...

Mars is the most similar planet to Earth, but there are no seas and almost no water on its surface – just rock and dust. It’s extremely cold and dry, but not as outright impossible to survive ...

A major discovery of the largest organic molecules ever found on Mars has been made. The carbon chains could be an example of life on the Red Planet. The molecules point to a more complicated past ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls ... The team drew on computer simulations to explore how water may have shaped the surface of Mars billions of years ...

The rover’s ongoing work is helping scientists to gain greater knowledge about the red planet’s history and ... at least 3.9 billion years ago during Mars’ earliest geologic period, and ...