Mars

"We could expect to find evidence for past life on Mars four billion years ago"

Scientists are currently investigating if organisms could adapt to levels of ultraviolet radiation

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announces Mars 2117 Project

'Mars Ice Home' is a large blowup torus, shaped like an inner tube that is enclosed by a casing of water ice

Curiosity landed on Mars four years ago to determine if the planet ever had the ingredients for life

The crash is Europe's second failed attempt to reach the alien surface

Another chocolate tragedy?

The lander was on a test-run for a future rover that will seek out evidence of life, past or present on the Red Planet

The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed the craft had touched down, but said it was emitting no signal

ExoMars is Europe's first attempt at a Mars rover since the British-built Beagle 2 disappeared without trace in 2003

A 600-kilogramme (1,300-pound), paddling pool-sized lander called Schiaparelli is to separate from an unmanned craft

In early 2018, it will start analysing Mars' atmosphere from an altitude of about 400 km

US president pledges to work with private companies to build new habitats for long-duration missions in deep space

Musk found himself in the middle of a technology world controversy by holding firm that AI could turn on humanity

SpaceX has said it plans to send an unmanned Dragon cargo capsule to Mars as early as 2018

Elon Musk will unveil his ambitious plan to build a human colony on Mars on Tuesday

The experts found tiny humps, between one and 4 cm tall, in rocks at Isua in south-west Greenland

The team was based on a barren, northern slope of Mauna Loa, living inside a dome that is 36 feet

Around 200,000 hopefuls from 140 countries initially signed up for the Mars One project

Agricultural researchers at a Dutch university say they are taking the first steps towards providing an answer

Next transit to be visible on November 11, 2019, says expert

Chinese want to orbit Mars, land, and deploy the rover in one mission

It will carry an atmospheric probe around Mars and as well as a lander for a rover due to follow in 2018

The mission will carry atmospheric probe and a lander to test technologies needed for a rover due to follow in 2018

InSight's primary goal is to study how the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth, formed and evolved

Outcropping was so huge it caused Mars' top two layers to swivel around like skin and flesh of a peach

Mars Chocolate is carrying out a voluntary recall of chocolate products after plastic was found in a product

The recall follows complaint from a consumer in Germany who found red plastic in a Snickers bar

The detailed pictures show a system of "pull-apart" tectonic faults on the moon's equator

Do Peru's potatoes have the right stuff?

The project also aims to highlight the role of potatoes in improving global food security

The world’s most detested breed of rodents has made its way to the red planet

'It's very expensive to send a letter to Mars. You would need so many stamps!' Oliver writes thanking mail service

Researchers believe that the loss of ions to space was a 'significant player' in changing Mars' climate

The US is 'closer to sending American astronauts to Mars than at any point in our history,' said NASA administrator

'We now have great opportunities to fully investigate existence of life on Mars, says NASA official

Under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars, NASA official addresses press conference

A team says it found evidence in the lines of 'hydrated salt minerals, which require water for their creation

NASA is asking people to submit their names so it can carry them in a microchip aboard the next Mars flight in 2016