MAVEN has remained silent since Dec. 6 despite repeated attempts to contact it, according to NASA. As part of the recovery ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

NASA says it is “very unlikely” the agency will be able to recover a Mars spacecraft that has been out of contact for more ...

Study finds Mars helps pace Earth's ice ages through gravity. Remove Mars, and a major 2.4-million-year climate rhythm ...

On December 6, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, which has been studying the Red Planet’s ...

Olympus Mons is a giant volcano on Mars. It is the tallest mountain in space. It is almost three times higher than Mount ...

NASA announces Artemis II launch date for Feb. 6, sending four astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years ...

The research has implications for NASA’s goals to build a base on the moon and eventually conduct crewed missions to Mars.