On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m. EST (13:32 GMT). This event, known as ...

From windswept craters to frigid ice caps, explore Martian landscapes through the eyes of NASA’s orbiters, probes and rovers ...

Life on Mars is a dream long held – and not just for David Bowie. The idea of settling on the Red Planet has been around for ...

Snow dots the Martian landscape in these images from ESA's Mars Express ... but a seasonal process brings some of it to the surface. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter also saw winter frost ...

In April, ESA's Mars Orbiter captured images of surface features around the planet's south pole that researchers said were "surprisingly dark compared with their icy surroundings." The scientists ...

The new work suggests that the edge of the dichotomy was eroded back by hundreds of kilometers during the time when an ocean ...

In late December 2024 and early January 2025, a photo circulated on multiple social media sites claiming to show an ice-capped crater on Mars (archived) that scientists recently discovered.

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them can help us determine if there was ever enough water on Mars to sustain ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures stunning images of frozen sand dunes on Mars, revealing clues about the planet's ...

Fresh from the excitement of this week’s Wolf Moon, there’s another treat in store for sky-watchers this week, with Mars ...

(Side note: a similar process creates the spider-like features found on the Martian surface.) So what looks like a beautiful pastoral winter scene in these Mars Express images is actually a ...