Arnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future.

Our biggest obstacle might not be technological,” author Scott E. Solomon said of future life on Mars. “It might be us.” ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover investigates boxwork rock formations on Mount Sharp to gather evidence of ancient groundwater on Mars.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has repeatedly detected methane on Mars — but only in short bursts at night, with the gas disappearing ...

Scientists say a spiderweb-like landscape spotted on Mars could be evidence of ancient groundwater, after NASA’s Curiosity rover spent six months exploring the site. The hilly region features boxwork ...

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

Scientists think groundwater once moved through fractures in bedrock which resulted in the infamous stone latticework.

The short-lived Veronica Mars was revived on Hulu, only to be cancelled after its divisive fourth season.

A Martian volcano once thought to be the result of a single eruption turns out to have a much more complex past. Orbital imaging and mineral data show it developed through multiple eruptive phases, ...

A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s indicates the presence of a ...

Water ice on Mars, bubbling gas on a distant star, a snow-covered island, and a pre-planetary nebula are featured this week. Plus, a look back at an image of Mars taken by the Dawn spacecraft during a ...