Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids. And not just because it’s cold as hell. The combination of a thin atmosphere ...

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

Mars isn’t a bright, fire-engine red, but the iron oxide in its rocks makes it appear redder than other planets, especially from afar.

Researchers show algae can grow in Mars-like atmospheric pressure conditions. If humans are ever to establish permanent ...

Here are some of our favorite objects on Mars that look like they don't belong on a dead and dusty planet. Many of these are a result of pareidolia — the tendency for humans to seek familiar ...

NASA is evaluating whether it should send rockets to Mars during launch windows in 2026 and 2028. The agency faces large budget cuts, but continues prioritizing a Mars mission. SpaceX CEO and ...

Dave Brody writes and directs space-themed non-fiction documentary television. There is much talk lately about cities on Mars, multiple bases on the moon, free orbiting "islands" in space where ...

Steeped in the United States' space race with the Soviet Union, the pursuit of a deeper understanding of Mars' resources and its viability as a place to one day send humans has compelled us to ...

With its thin atmosphere, Mars is bombarded by dangerous space radiation, and currently there’s no practical way of protecting astronauts from it.

One of Mars' tallest volcanoes peeps over a thick layer of clouds, in Odyssey’s first picture of Arsia Mons peering over the Red Planet's horizon.

Landing on Mars and establishing a colony on the Red Planet may expose humans to an array of space radiation that is little understood.

For more than 20 years, NASA has been inching toward the goal of retrieving samples that its Perseverance rover has been collecting on Mars and flying them to Earth.