An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

A warm afternoon on ancient Mars lasted about as long as a Silicon Valley internship. That is the sobering conclusion of a ...

The study suggests that Mars has been self-regulating as a desert planet, with habitability being the exception, rather than ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

The highest volcano in the world is Cerro Ojos del Salado. It is a stratovolcano in South America’s Central Volcanic Zone, reaching an impressive 6893 meters above sea level (or at least above ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...

Brazilian publicist and dancer Juliana Marins died after slipping into an active volcano crater. The 26-year-old was recorded smiling and joking with a friend before her fatal fall. Heartbreaking ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.