The Mars Express orbiter launched to the Red Planet. Twenty years later, ESA has delivered a high resolution color image of ...

The same gigantic sunspot that was responsible for triggering a historic geomagnetic storm on Earth in mid-May whipped up a legendary one for Mars a few days later. The impacts from this solar event ...

A new study may have revealed the true source behind how the Red Planet got its hue. It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet ...

A previous Nextbigfuture article went over the costs of sending one thousand fully loaded with supplies and equipment SpaceX Starships to Mars every two years. These costs could be reduced towards the ...

Four volunteers are spending a year in NASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat, simulating life on the Red Planet. This mission, ...

If there’s one thing that our closest neighbor in the solar system is well known for, it’s its color. Thanks to the red shade ...

These were the first words spoken in person to the simulated Mars astronauts since they entered Mars Dune Alpha 378 days before. It had been a challenging year for the four pseudo-astronauts. Could ...

Scientists from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have uncovered new evidence that water once flowed beneath the surface of Mars, revealing that the planet may have remained habitable for life muc ...

The truth is that Mars is very real indeed and is accessible to those people with clear skies, which applies to just about everybody at some time or another. The planet is easily seen - you just need ...

Joseph Silk is not a fantasist or science fiction author. He holds a doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University and taught astrophysics and cosmology at Oxford University. But what he wrote in his ...

A cornerstone of early 1970s rock music culture was the British singer David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust persona, along with his backing band the Spiders from Mars. You can tell that the PR department ...