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The ‘Martian dichotomy’ is one of the Solar System’s greatest mysteries – but new research in closing in on a solution.

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NASA recently released an overhead view of what appears to be massive kidney beans found on Mars' northern hemisphere. In ...

So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen ...

NASA unveils a groundbreaking approach to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2026, introducing competition between ...

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...

Mars is known as the 'Red Planet.' Learn about its reddish hue, caused by iron oxide, its position as the fourth planet from ...

Unlike the dunes on Earth which are constantly in motion, the kidney bean-shaped dunes on Mars appear surprisingly motionless ...