The method, developed by researchers at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, uses images of dune surfaces to estimate ...

Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...

Blue Planet Red purports to be a documentary about Mars. The world presented by director Brian Cory Dobbs isn’t the one you and I might recognise, but it certainly has some appeal: it was home to an ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for ...

A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA's Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars's past to a time some 3.7 ...

"Though our Mars orbiters continue to make impressive contributions to Mars science, it's always extra exciting to see them responding to unexpected situations like this one." A European Mars probe ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Twenty years’ worth of imagery captured by two orbiters circling Mars has revealed raging winds on the red planet. Wind on the barren planet would be invisible if it weren’t for Mars’ iconic red dust, ...

In this opinion column, Alexander William Salter explains why he believes exploring Mars is a strategic benefit for the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On Oct. 3, 2025 the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter turned its eyes toward ...

A European Mars probe witnessed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS' Red Planet flyby last week. On Oct. 3, 3I/ATLAS zoomed within 19 million miles (30 million kilometers) of Mars. The European Space ...