The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

The view brightened again with Mariner 9, the first Mars orbiter. Though it could see no features smaller than a few football fields, its images suggested a more interesting, changeable world ...

The highest mountain… is on Mars! Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in our solar system, standing at roughly 13 miles high. It’s about two and a half times Mount Everest's height above sea ...

Here are seven interesting things that you may not already know about NASA’s Mars Perseverance mission: NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has a nuclear power source that won’t run out for at ...