The ground on Mars is full of nitrogen, a vital component for planet life, raising hopes that it might be more hospitable ...

NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and ...

NASA has plans to return humans to the moon with the Artemis mission—but Elon Musk’s preference for Mars could have influence ...

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 ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said that he plans to send spacecraft to Mars in about two years and man missions afterward if he ...

According to the team, a sulfur-based concrete will likely be the most reliable initial material for buildings on Mars. But researchers also suggest that another, more outlandish contender could be ...

Dozens of samples collected from missions on Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be returned as ...

Mars' close approach of Earth also coincides with its opposition on Jan. 16, when the Red Planet is located almost exactly opposite the sun in the sky with Earth in the middle. Breaking space news ...

Over the past 60 years or so of space exploration, humans have left some things behind ... like not landing exactly on Tranquility Base or where Curiosity Rover has driven around on Mars. But when it ...