Reaching Mars is no simple feat. While the idea of sending humans to the Red Planet is gaining traction, the journey itself ...

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s. It was stopped because of the nuclear test ban treaty and ...

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

The redness of Mars has made the planet one of the most recognizable in the solar system with its hue serving as a topic of ...

A new study by researchers including those at the University of Tokyo revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial ...

Mars' atmosphere moves differently from Earth's due to gravity waves. These waves affect air circulation at high altitudes.

Scientists have tested a laser-powered mass spectrometer on Earth to detect fossilized microbes in minerals similar to those on Mars.

How's the weather up there? On Mars, weather forecasts haven't always been right at our fingertips. Now, recent research from ...

Those tiny colorful dinosaur toys that grow bigger underwater might hold the key to protecting astronauts as they journey through space.

The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...

A new study by researchers including those at the University of Tokyo revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial ...