This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...

Astronomers recently received photographic evidence of movement on the surface of Mars. Here's how they got it.

By studying the rock and other materials blasted out of a crater in an impact, planetary scientists say they were able to ...

By studying seismic waves, researchers have found a layer deep beneath the surface of Mars that could contain enough liquid ...

The bright rust color Mars is known for is due to iron-rich minerals in its regolith — the loose dust and rock covering its surface. Earth's soil is a kind of regolith, too, albeit one loaded ...

The CaSSIS camera aboard the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captures dark finger-like slope streaks extending across Mars's dusty surface. | Credit: NASA First identified in the ...

Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask. Current understanding of Mars' evolution is based on spacecraft ...