NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring the rugged, red terrain of Mars, has sent back a striking image of the planet’s rocky landscape, igniting excitement and curiosity among space enthusiasts ...

Billions of years ago, Mars was home to abundant water, and its Gale crater contained a lake. Gradually, the climate changed, drying the red planet and creating the dusty desert world we know today.

This week’s selection is the Mont Mercou on Mars 3D model by Simeon Schmauß of LPG Nantes. This is a landscape model, but ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life—with evidence for ...

This image of Mars' Valles Marineris hemisphere, captured on July 9, 2013, is a composite created from 102 images taken by the Viking Orbiter. NASA's Curiosity rover uses two cameras to take a selfie ...

This view of Mars' Valles Marineris hemisphere from July 9, 2013, is a mosaic of 102 Viking Orbiter images. At the centre is the Valles Marineris canyon, over 2,000 km long and up to 8 km deep. This ...

In 2012, NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity photographed an outcrop with sedimentary structures resembling Earth's cross-bedded sandstones. The cross bedding, with large-scale layers sloping to the left, ...