NASA confirms that Mars has air, but its composition and extremely low pressure raise a far more serious question: could a human survive even a single breath on the Red Planet? As the agency pushes ...

In 2028, if all goes well, NASA plans to test a new technology that could reduce trip times to the Red Planet.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people grow up dreaming of becoming astronauts, imagining themselves soaring through space, among the stars, where adventure ...

A colossal valley near Mars’s equator is revealing dramatic clues about the Red Planet’s watery and volcanic past. Stretching ...

Mars is by far the most Earth-like planet in the solar system… but that's not saying much. We know that Mars once hosted oceans, rivers, lakes, streams. It had a thick, carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere.

Earth-based experiments on iron-sulfur alloys thought to comprise the core of Mars reveal details about the planet’s seismic properties for the first time. This information will be compared to ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red has ...

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When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” The plot drew me in, with its depiction of the “Genesis Project” – a new ...