NASA has released a stunning high-resolution image of Mars taken by its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The picture was captured using the powerful HiRISE camera and shows a very young impact crater in ...

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.

Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a luminous mille-feuille of dust enveloping the red planet in unprecedented detail.

High-resolution images from NASA’s HiRISE camera have revealed striking similarities between sand dunes on Mars and those on Earth. The images show movement, layering, and erosion patterns once ...

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On Mars, Glen Torridon is full of intriguing clay mineral deposits that Curiosity has been observing. It's located in Gale Crater, a vast and dry ancient lake bed with a 16,404-foot mountain at its ...

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A high-resolution morphometric analysis of the southeastern region of Coprates Chasma, part of the extensive canyon system of Valles Marineris on planet Mars, has made it possible to identify sediment ...

A stereo camera operated by the UA will be carried aboard a Mars orbiter in 2016 as part of a joint program by NASA and the European Space Agency to explore the red planet, the UA announced Tuesday.

A special tool on the JPL site allows you to zoom in and see background details up close. Curiosity also shared a 1.3 billion-pixel panorama in 2013 as it collected rocks. Below is a look at some of ...