As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

Mars and Earth, two neighboring planets, have captivated the human imagination for centuries. Often hailed as Earth’s “sister planet,” Mars holds a special place in the study of our solar system. But ...

Could Mars have just stolen Earth’s front-row seat to one of the rarest cosmic events in decades? In early October, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), the MAVEN spacecraft, and the Perseverance ...

If you spied a fiery red star close to the full moon earlier this month, it was actually Mars shining its bright red light in the night sky. The planet will be visible at night throughout October, ...

NASA has announced an overhaul to its plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth. Agency officials have decided to scrap parts of their original plan to cut down on the difficulty and cost. Instead ...

Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a vast river delta, there was probably a considerable body of water roughly ...