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

Europe's Mars Express orbiter has captured stunning telemetry to create a new flyover visualization of the Red Planet's Southern Highlands and Schiaparelli Crater in magnificent detail.

What a view.

On this day in space, Aug. 17, 1877: American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars's moon Phobos.

Scientists found a Martian meteorite on Earth that is finally filling in a nearly 2-billion-year-old geology-history gap on the Red Planet.

These tiny capes carry some serious technology.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted surprising honeycomb-like shapes in the Red Planet soil while exploring a large valley.

Mars dust is known to contain various carcinogens, such as silica and numerous heavy metals. How will future astronauts mitigate the health risks?

A new analysis of NASA's Spirit rover data reveals overlooked traces of crystalline hematite and altered magnetite.

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.

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.