The Red Planet is full of scratches and scars, and this one, named Aganippe Fossa, is another of these ditch-like grooves with steep walls — more specifically, however, Aganippe Fossa is what's ...

The newly released photo "is believed to be the first orbital image of the rover mid-drive across the Red Planet," NASA officials said in a statement today (April 24). The rover tracks seen in the ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just captured its first image of the Curiosity rover driving along the red planet’s surface. The 2,000-pound Mars rover is shown as a dark speck in the ...

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects ... the long-sought evidence of past Martian life. In an image shared in January 2023 by the University of Arizona ...

Auroras are created when energetic solar particles collide with atoms in a planet's atmosphere. On Earth, they ripple across high-latitude skies in vibrant sheets of green, red, and violet.

Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is a dry, rocky world. Its famous red color has earned it the nickname the Red Planet. Mars has fascinated people throughout history, and today, it is one of ...