Every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on Jan.

The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch the Full Moon pass in front of the Red Planet. Astronomers call such an event an occultation. Pretty much anyone in the continental U.S.

Extractable water near the south pole of our closest celestial neighbor promises a new spark for future space explorers.

Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has ...

The key NASA center remains under a mandatory evacuation order, but officials say both it and Mount Wilson are protected for ...

With 10 instruments and technology tests, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ...

The NASA mission broke its own record as it seeks to teach us more about our Sun, as well as reveal other secrets of the ...

The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of ...

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

Japanese spacecraft made its closest flyby of Mercury to date, buzzing the planet’s north pole and peering into shadowed ...