On Earth, we can use data from hundreds and even thousands of seismometers to triangulate the location of an earthquake. On Mars, we only have data from a single instrument on the Insight lander.

Mars is about half the size of Earth. It has a radius of 2,106 miles, according to NASA.gov. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth and Venus are all bigger than Mars, while Mercury is smaller.

Mars is roughly half the size of Earth and contains just a little over 10% of our planet's mass. These differences combine to give Mars only 38% of Earth's gravity.

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked ...

With half the diameter of Earth, Mars has much lighter gravity (one-third of Earth norm) and a much thinner atmosphere. Humans cannot survive unaided on its surface. The air on Mars, such as it is ...

The moon and Mars will make a close approach high in the sky tonight ... It's also sometimes called the "half" moon, ... Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30.

Space travel From Earth to Mars in half the time: This nuclear rocket would be the fastest object ever built. A British propulsion company is aiming to harness nuclear fusion and drastically cut ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Says Making Mars 'Self-Sustaining' Will Take Up To Half A Century, Will Require '10 Earth-Mars Transfer Windows' by Anan Ashraf Benzinga Editor. Follow. Add Comment.

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

On April 14, Mars and Earth will be only 57 million miles (92 million kilometers) apart. This is a bit more than half the distance between Earth and the sun, which is about 93 million miles (150 ...

When the orbits are just right, it currently takes 260 days to travel from the Earth to Mars — that requires an 8-month mission overall. This could all change soon if NASA manages to slice the ...