Reaching Mars is no simple feat. While the idea of sending humans to the Red Planet is gaining traction, the journey itself ...

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.

Mars, one of Earth’s nearest neighbors ... a way of — potentially — nudging huge rocks off path using the tiny attraction between the boulder-hugging spacecraft and the asteroid.

"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

We're yet to find any signs of life on Mars, anyway. Curiosity's path (in yellow) towards Gediz Vallis channel (top-center). (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UC Berkeley) Stuck here on Earth, we're fairly ...

Seven planets will line up for a rare "planetary parade" today (Feb. 28) and you can watch it live online, beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET (1700 GMT).