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.

Such major and arbitrary cuts to NASA’s budget would do very little to save money, but they will undercut and decimate one of ...

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

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 ...

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

These studies show that Mars is bombarded by meteorites far more often than previously thought — about 2.5 times more ...

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 ...

Our research lays the groundwork for forecasting Martian weather, which will be essential for ensuring the success of future Mars missions." Future studies will examine how these storms lead to ...

Our research lays the groundwork for forecasting Martian weather, which will be essential for ensuring the success of future Mars missions." Future studies will examine how these storms lead to ...