In 2015, NASA's Curiosity rover spotted what appeared to be a wooden spoon, floating in midair with a shadow on the ground beneath it. It was, of course, an optical illusion; the spoon is simply a ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. María Rosa Pino Otín is a Professor and ...

They look like a dish of lentils, or a mass of spider eggs on a leaf. But whatever they are, these tiny little brown blobs, newly-found on the surface of Mars, have left scientists baffled.

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

Warm spells on Mars may spark massive dust storms, scientists say, bringing us closer to predicting Martian weather. Today’s ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

On July 2, 1954, Mars will come closer to the earth (40 million miles) than it has in 15 years. Astronomers look forward to this event with enthusiasm, and are already planning their summer’s ...

We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours is the only planet capable of supporting life, and it seems to have ...