No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.

NASA researchers have identified geological structures on Mars that are unlike anything found on Earth. From spider-like ...

NASA's Rover found ripples in Martian rock that resemble the wave patterns on a sandy lake bed on Earth. The ripples could ...

What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Berger’s project, Insights into the Martian Environment Through Pattern Analysis of Compound Dunes, focuses on studying dune ...

Some of Mars’ CO2 geysers erupt and create dark spots as large as 1 km across. They are fueled by considerable power and can ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

Mars' dramatic north-south divide has puzzled scientists for half a century. However, they may now have a conclusive answer.

These events may have then enabled patterns of convection in the molten rock ... as well as detailed models of how Mars formed and comparisons with Earth and other planets. However, our study reveals ...