Step onto the rust-colored plains of Mars and watch the sun go down. Discover Rayleigh scattering, Mie scattering, and how iron-rich atmospheric dust creates the Solar System's most poetic inversion.

A 1,100-mile-long ice cloud forms near the martian volcano Arsia Mons every morning. New simulations suggest it’s built by a ...

Take a tour of Nili Fossae, a captivating region on Mars, with data from ESA's Mars Express. This flyover reveals giant ...

ESA's Hera mission flying by Mars. See views captured with its Asteroid Framing Cameras. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency ...

Japan’s MMX spacecraft has launched toward Mars, aiming to return at least 10 grams of material from Phobos in 2031. A rover, remote observations and two sampling systems will help investigate how ...

Japan is heading to Mars' mysterious moons. Here's how its ambitious mission could bring pieces of one back to Earth ...

ESA has completed the final major testing of Lunar Link, a communication system originally developed for NASA’s Gateway lunar ...

Lift-off: the Martian Moons eXploration mission will aim to collect 10g of material from Phobos (courtesy: JAXA) Japan has ...

Japan has launched the MMX spacecraft on an H3 rocket for a five-year mission to study Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of material and return the samples to Earth in 2031.

Lonnie G. Petersen’s research to offset the way microgravity harms human health could get the US closer to achieving crewed ...

Japan has launched its ambitious Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission to investigate Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars, and attempt the first-ever sample return from Phobos.  Led by the ...

A spacecraft has launched from Japan headed for Mars' moon Phobos, where it will attempt to grab some moondust and bring it ...