Mars has been a target for our missions ever since the dawn of the space race. The planet, which is named after the Roman god of war because of its red blood-like appearance, has certainly claimed its ...

Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an eventual human mission to the red planet likely to happen one day, it is hard to imagine a time when Mars was a mysterious and ...

Saturday, January 25, 2025 is going to be out of this world at Clark Planetarium! It's a whole day dedicated to reading about and learning about Mars. Chris Jones, with Clark Planetarium, told Jenny ...

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched NASA's ESCAPADE mission, the first to take a long and unusual route to planet Mars.

President Donald Trump’s single reference to space in his second inaugural address Monday pointed in an unexpected direction. In his prepared remarks, Trump, a longtime backer of U.S.-led space ...

"Mars is still the Red Planet. It’s just that our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Camille Flammarion's work imagined what might exist beyond Earth in the universe. Three Lions/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Shindell, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) Living in today’s age of ...