Mars: Facts, news, features and articles about the Red Planet

This Week In Space LIVE: The Viking Mars landings 50 years later

By Tariq Malik Published 24 July 26

Tune in today, July 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET for a LIVE This Week In Space taping to mark the 50th anniversary of the Viking landings on Mars.

Our 1st-ever up-close look at the Martian surface | Space photo of the day for July 22, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published 22 July 26

What might seem like a simple black-and-white picture of some rocks is actually the first photograph ever taken on the surface of Mars.

New timelapse video shows NASA's Psyche spacecraft zooming by Mars

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published 22 July 26

"We didn't anticipate big discoveries, given how extensively the planet has been studied, but we did complement Mars science with the data we collected through Psyche's unique perspective."

50 years after Viking 1's historic Mars landing, NASA is looking to the Red Planet's skies

By Mike Wall Published 20 July 26

NASA's Viking 1 mission blazed a crucial trail with its Mars landing on July 20, 1976. Now, half a century later, that trail leads up into the Red Planet's skies.

Ancient sandstorm leaves behind wreckage on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 20, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published 20 July 26

Remnants from Martian history stay scattered across the planet's surface.

Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues

By Leonard David Published 20 July 26

Did Viking 1 find evidence of life on Mars? Fifty years after the NASA lander touched down, the jury is still out.

These 'metallic' dunes on Mars look like sci-fi. What are they really?

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published 17 July 26

New images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter have captured strange-looking waves on the Red Planet.

Honeycomb structures spotted on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 14, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published 14 July 26

What could we be looking at?

Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable

By Keith Cooper Published 30 June 26

Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA's InSight mission suggest.

Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks

By Chelsea Gohd Published 24 June 26

"Measurements of two mudstones show hundreds of organic detections, making this the most robust organic detection in Jezero crater."