Mars' moons are easily visible at night from the surface of the Red Planet. Phobos – the nearer, larger, and brighter of the two – would be obviously non-round. A sharp-eyed observer would be able to ...

Bringing samples from Mars back to Earth is one of NASA's most ambitious goals. The plan goes back to the 1970s, with NASA's robotic exploration program, when the first spacecraft landed on the ...

The Curiosity Rover from NASA has shared multiple videos from Mars‘ surface that put a spotlight on how remarkable the red planet’s night sky looks. The six-wheeled robot has been rolling along on ...

A Martian selfie is giving Earthbound astronomers a look at environmental details on the red planet’s surface. But the selfie was not taken by an extraterrestrial. Rather, it was a manmade explorer.

This nighttime temperature image from the camera system on NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the ancient, heavily cratered surface of the highlands between Isidis and Elysium Planitia. The image is ...