The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder and former principal investigator of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission (MAVEN), argues that last year’s ...

Some failed, but a European orbiter called Mars Express arrived safely. So did Spirit and then, three weeks later, Opportunity. After slamming into the atmosphere and descending by parachute ...

1. While we perceive the Sun as yellow, its actual colour is white. This is because our atmosphere scatters the shorter, blue wavelengths of light, giving it a yellowish hue ...

Geological and mineralogical evidence shows that Mars once possessed a thicker atmosphere than the planet has today. Even more intriguingly, we can also see remnants of ancient lakes and seas on ...

New Delhi, Solar winds may have led to Mars losing its atmosphere, according to a computer simulation study which confirms the long held belief that planets need a protective magnetic field to ...