Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...

Sixty-one years ago this week, humanity caught our first glimpses of another planet from up close as Mariner 4 made its closest pass by Mars. During the missions, NASA engineers waited with bated ...

Along with other recent discoveries, the new finding from Perseverance boosts the case that Mars once hosted conditions that ...

NASA officials said the $582 million MAVEN orbiter could not be recovered after a problem on the far side of Mars late last year, and that its extraordinarily successful mission was at an end.

NASA is looking for four volunteers to participate in a yearlong simulated deep-space mission at Johnson Space Center in ...

Maintaining reliable communication during space missions is critical. Future missions—especially crewed missions to Mars—are ...

Mars holds a special place in the solar system. It represents marginal habitability. This means it transitioned from warm and wet and potentially hospitable, to cold and dry and inhospitable. "Mars is ...

Mariner 4's historic flyby provided the first close-up images of the Red Planet. Engineers creatively used pastels to ...