Mars is slowly pulling Phobos closer to itself because of the gravitational forces between them. In a few tens of millions of ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a cold, desert world within our solar system. It has a very thin atmosphere, but ...

Mars has become the ultimate blank canvas for human ambition, a place where science fiction promises forests under a salmon sky and oceans filling ancient basins. Yet the closer scientists look at the ...

Look up this week to get a glimpse of Mars, it’s making a “close approach” of Earth right now. On October 13, the Earth is directly in the middle of the sun and Mars. Mars is traveling close to the ...

This will occur Friday, and everyone in the world can watch, weather permitting. Earth and Mars align with the sun in opposition about once every two years. But truly jaw-dropping midnight views of ...