It’s a virtual mission to Mars. Our first mission to Mars may still be a ways off, but people can take a virtual tour of the Red Planet thanks to a brand new video by the Mars Express Orbiter. People ...

NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August 2005 and the following year, on March 10, it entered the orbit of the red planet where it continues to operate today. Data returned to Earth by ...

Uncrewed vehicles like the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers (as well as orbiters) have for years captured stunning photos of Mars. Here are the latest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars, with its rust-hued surface, is known as the red planet for a reason. Along the way, Curiosity has made some extraordinary ...

The 100,000th image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been flying ...

Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a luminous mille-feuille of dust enveloping the red planet in unprecedented detail.

Perseverance rover makes a discovery at Margin Unit on Mars giving scientists clues about the planet's wet history and conditions for life ...

A depiction of the Perseverance rover with a soft green aurora over head on Mars. Credit: Alex McDougall-Page illustration NASA's Perseverance rover has captured an aurora in the night sky for the ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is currently on its long journey through the solar system, headed for Jupiter’s icy moon of Europa. There, it’s hoping to find whether Europa could ever have supported ...

| Artist’s concept of the ancient lake in Gale crater. A new study from researchers in Japan suggests that ancient rains on ...