The spacecraft that has quietly rewritten our understanding of Mars just crossed a very visible milestone: the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured its 100,000th close-up view of the Red Planet.

On a battered rock in an ancient Martian riverbed, a pattern of dark, rounded patches has jolted planetary science. These ...

A new study using high-resolution images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed striking surface patterns on Mars that resemble the effects of paint dripping down a wall—a ...

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN ...

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN orbiter has gone silent after more than a decade of groundbreaking research, leaving engineers scrambling to determine what went wrong with the reliable ...

While Mars doesn't directly control Earth's climate, its gravity subtly influences our planet's orbit and tilt over vast timescales. These predictable ...