The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

The samples were collected by the 'Sample Analysis at Mars' (SAM) – one of the instruments on-board NASA's Curiosity Rover which has been studying the Gale crater since 2012. It has a gas ...

Researchers are creating advanced simulations that will provide a deeper understanding of Mars's climatic history and help to determine whether it was once able to sustain life. An international ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mars's northern ice cap is relatively young, with an estimated age between 2 and 12 million years. The ice cap is causing the ground beneath it to depress at a ...

Here’s how it works. A Chinese research team is developing a lightweight robotic drone with a targeted special mission scenario of Mars exploration. The air-ground dual-purpose unmanned aerial ...

It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet — but a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications suggests ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago ...

"And we will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," he said during his Jan. 20 inauguration speech.

Trump again called on the United States to send astronauts to Mars in his speech to a joint session of Congress. President Donald Trump told lawmakers that U.S. astronauts will one day carry the ...

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Credit: X @POTUS WASHINGTON — President Trump says a human mission to Mars is of interest to him but is not a “number one” priority, amid concerns about potential sweeping budget cuts at NASA.