The rover crushed a section of rock with its wheels and discovered a rare sample of pure yellow sulfur crystals.

Not all of Mars’ surface has the same color. At the poles, its ice caps appear white. These ice caps contain frozen water, like the ice we usually find on Earth, but these ice caps are also ...

A once-in-a-lifetime auction is set to take place this July as Sotheby’s prepares to sell the largest Mars meteorite ever discovered. Known as NWA 16788, this remarkable space rock could fetch between ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...

Romans named Mars for their god of war because its color was reminiscent of blood and Egyptians called the planet “Her Desher,” meaning “the red one,” according to the European Space Agency.

What can a NASA Mars rover teach us about the future development of astronaut spacesuits to Mars? This is what NASA’s Perseverance rover, which is currently exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, hopes to ...

A NASA Mars orbiter recently spotted the Curiosity rover driving across the Red Planet's surface, ... (0.16 kph) from Gediz Vallis channel on the journey to its next science stop: ...

The nadir channel is aligned perpendicular to the surface of Mars, as if looking straight down at the surface. Multiple reputable news outlets published the photo shortly after its release in 2018 ...

Mars reaches opposition on Jan. 16, when it will shine a brilliant golden color to the naked eye in the constellation Gemini. A few days earlier, on Jan. 12, ...

In reality, the reddish color of Mars comes from iron oxide in the rocks and dust covering its surface. Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin.