Aside from Earth, no planet in the solar system captures our imagination quite like Mars. The Red Planet is one of the few ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

In the depth of winter, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. In total six planets will be visible, ...

Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Colonising the red planet en route to creating “a spacefaring civilisation” has long been one of Musk’s driving ambitions — ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

Refueling in space will be an essential part of getting a crew ... SpaceX has continuously stated the ambition to launch an uncrewed Starship to Mars in 2026, when the planet will be closest to Earth.

"Rootless cones form when lava flows over wet or icy ground, causing it to boil and explode," said Dundas. "The region around ...

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he wants 'American astronauts' on Mars. Where does a future Mars ...