Mars isn’t just dusty—it crackles with electricity. Scientists discovered that dust devils can generate tiny electric sparks, ...

Mars' missing atmosphere may be locked up in the planet's clay-rich surface, a new study by MIT geologists has suggested. According to the researchers, ancient water trickling through Mars' rocks ...

KASA plans Mars lander by 2045 while testing tech via SpaceX in 2030s KASA to test Korean-built Mars tech on commercial ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Mars, the red planet, could be in for a global display of ...

A new study revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes. The findings, based on long-term atmospheric data, ...

Mars just gave up one of its oldest secrets — and it took a decade, a spacecraft, and a cosmic cannonball to catch it in the act. For the first time, NASA’s MAVEN mission has directly observed a ...

Mars entry vehicle aerothermodynamics encapsulates the study of fluid dynamic and thermal phenomena encountered when a spacecraft penetrates the thin, predominantly CO₂ atmosphere of Mars. This field ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over how Mars lost the thick atmosphere it once had. That atmosphere was essential for liquid water to exist on the planet’s surface, billions of years ago. Today, ...

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is providing the images for the Mars cloudspotting project. Like Earth, Mars has clouds. NASA wants to harness your cloudspotting skills for a citizen-science project aimed at ...