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Arsia Mons, which dwarfs Earth's tallest volcanoes, and its two neighboring volcanoes are often surrounded by water ice ...
Mars Odyssey captured a stunning image of Arsia Mons rising above early morning clouds, offering new insights into Martian ...
A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint ...
Elon Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, has a bold vision for sending Starship to Mars. Experts weigh in on what's realistic ...
If you've spent any time perusing the carousel of raw images from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, you might have stumbled ...
The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the red planet seemed to be ready to give up some of its mystery. Astronomers ...
The founder of the Mars Society has accused SpaceX CEO Elon Musk of derailing existing plans to explore and visit the Red ...
This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...
The core of the Red Planet may be filled with sulfur. New experiments have shown that the core of Mars formed much faster ...
For years, scientists have puzzled over how Mars lost the thick atmosphere it once had. That atmosphere was essential for ...
As for today, the environments on Mars that could potentially support life are few and far between, and it's all about ...
In a new paper, a group of planetary scientists, biologists, and engineers make the case for treating Mars as the ultimate ...