Happy New Year's on Mars. Martian years are almost twice as long as Earth years. Nov. 12 is the day to celebrate the start of a new red planet orbit around the sun.

On 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the Red Planet.

In an image snapped by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8, Mexico's most active volcano Popocatépetl can be seen spewing out ash and smoke. The volcano was particularly active last week, ...

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Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images) Space industry experts ... Nasa doesn’t expect to land humans on Mars until the ...

A new 'Cloud Atlas' from the German Aerospace Centre showcases 20 years of Martian atmospheric phenomena, enhancing our understanding of Mars' climate and weather patterns. Scientists from the German ...

Structures inside walled compounds,’ he added, pointing to high-quality images ... to colonise Mars, a planet covered by barren terrain, toxic soil, freezing temperatures, dust storms that ...

However, Mars is extremely cold and subject to severe dust storms. The adverse environment ... Still, Zhurong’s Mars mission exceeded its goals. The photos and data transmitted by Zhurong ...

Nasa has been exploring Mars ... ice, dust, clouds, craters and holes. Every so often, bizarre discoveries like a mysterious "doorway" or "spaghetti monster" will take the internet by storm ...