When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration shows two faces of Mars a hot and arid wasteland and as a cold water ice rich ...

The discovery by the Mars rovers of carbonate in sedimentary rock on the Red Planet has enabled planetary scientists to rewind the clock and tell the tale of how Mars' warmer, watery climate 3.5 ...

Mars is no longer just a story about a single lost ocean or one fleeting window for biology. Taken together, recent rover ...

The high seas of Mars may never have existed, according to a new study that looks at two opposite climate scenarios of early Mars and suggests that a cold and icy planet billions of years ago better ...

At 12:28 p.m. CST today NASA's MAVEN spacecraft successfully lifted off on a 10-month journey to Mars. Next September it will enter orbit and study the planet's atmosphere over the course of at least ...

Some dusty parts of Mars get as cold at night year-round as the planet’s poles do in winter, even regions near the equator in summer, according to new NASA findings based on Mars Reconnaissance ...

For centuries – maybe millennia – humans have wondered how Mars gets its red hue, but a recent study has some answers.

Last night's occultation of Mars by the full Cold Moon produced some gorgeous images from observers around the world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The Full Cold Moon — the last Full Moon for 2022 — will meet with bright, reddish-colored planet Mars, high overhead in our sky at about 11 p.m. The Full Cold Moon is aptly named for the cold temps we ...

That a full “Cold Moon” could “occult” a planet isn’t particularly rare, but the coincidences piled-up this week to make this event rather special—and a spellbinding view for sky-watchers. You see, ...