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Mars, the Red Planet, is the fourth planet from the sun.

Related Topics: Curiosity Mars Rover Mission, ExoMars, India Mars Orbiter Mission, Mars Rover Opportunity, Maven Mars Mission 

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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of the "spiders" at Mars' south pole on May 13, 2018.

Spooky 'spiders on Mars' finally explained after two decades

By Brandon Specktor

Enormous "spiders" cover the Martian south pole, and scientists finally have experimental evidence to show how they're created.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover acquired this image of the area in back of it using its Rear Left Hazard Avoidance Camera on April 4, 2021. The “rainbow” is just a lens flare, agency officials said.

No, the Perseverance rover didn't spot a rainbow on Mars

By Mike Wall

NASA's Perseverance rover snapped a photo on Sunday (April 4) that appeared to show a rainbow arcing across the dusty Martian sky. But it's just a lens flare.

Volcanic lava tubes on Earth serve as analogs for similar environments that astronauts may one day visit and explore on Mars and the moon.

Lava tubes in Hawaii could be a dress rehearsal for Mars colonies

By Mindy Weisberger

Exploring volcanic lava tubes in Hawaii helps researchers understand how humans should prepare for living and working on worlds other than Earth.

This low-resolution view of the floor of Mars’ Jezero Crater and a portion of two wheels of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover was captured by the agency’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter on April 3, 2021. It’s the first color photo taken by Ingenuity on the Martian surface.

Mars Helicopter Ingenuity snaps 1st color photo on Red Planet

By Mike Wall

The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper captured its first color photograph on Saturday (April 3), shortly after being lowered to the Martian dirt by the Perseverance rover.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity with all four legs unfolded, as seen by the Perseverance rover on March 30, 2021. After dropping to the Martian surface April 4, NASA is announcing new helicopter updates April 5.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has survived its first Martian night alone as 1st test flight looms

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has survived its first frigid night alone on the Red Planet.

The InSight lander is using its robotic arm to scoop up Martian soil, as seen on the left, and gently cover the tether connecting the seismometer, located under the shield to the right, to the main lander. Mission personnel hope the measure will reduce noise in the seismometer's data.

NASA's InSight lander detects two medium marsquakes on the Red Planet

By Meghan Bartels

NASA's InSight lander on Mars has detected two more crisp quakes on the Red Planet, both stemming from the same region where the mission's previous best observations originated.

NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is seen on the surface of the Red Planet after being deployed by the Perseverance rover on April 4, 2021.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity touches down on the Red Planet

By Tariq Malik

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity touched down Saturday (April 4) after being dropped by the Perseverance rover.

The Perseverance rover used its SuperCam laser to study this strange green rock on Mars.

What's up with this weird green rock on Mars? Perseverance rover is trying to find out.

By Elizabeth Howell

Perseverance's laser hasn't yet penetrated the mystery of a strange Martian rock near the rover's new digs.

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft orbiting Mars captured this stunning view of a crescent Red Planet on March 18, 2021. Shown here is the planet's northern hemisphere from a distance of 6,850 miles (11,000 kilometers).

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft captures stunning crescent Mars photos

By Andrew Jones

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has captured stunning images of Mars as a bright red sunlit crescent in deep space.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used two different cameras to create this selfie in front of a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou, which stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall.

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover snaps scenic selfie at 'Mont Mercou' (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity posed for a selfie in front of a beautiful Martian rock outcrop called "Mont Mercou" after probing the area for clues about the Red Planet's past.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity with all four legs unfolded, as seen by the Perseverance rover on March 30, 2021.

NASA delays Ingenuity Mars helicopter's first flight to April 11

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will have to wait a few more days to make its historic first flight on the Red Planet.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity with all four legs unfolded, as seen by the Perseverance rover on March 30, 2021.

Watch NASA's Mars helicopter unfold like a butterfly (video)

By Meghan Bartels

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is preparing for a historic take-off as NASA attempts the first powered, guided flight on another world.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is seen half unfolded beneath the Perseverance rover during deployment operations on March 29, 2021. It is the first helicopter on Mars.

NASA's Mars helicopter is slowly unfolding beneath the Perseverance rover

By Elizabeth Howell

Perseverance is getting ready to deploy a helicopter on Mars as it takes a look back at its litter on the Red Planet.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt to be the first powered aircraft to take flight on another planet carrying with it a piece of fabric from the Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer, the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft.

The 'Wright' stuff on Mars: Flyer fabric to take flight again on Ingenuity helicopter

By Robert Z. Pearlman

A small swatch of fabric is set to take flight on a first-of-its-kind aircraft more than a century, and a world away, from where it first made history. The strip of muslin,

Features called recurring slope lineae (RSL) are found on some Martian slopes in warmer months. Red arrows point out an RSL in this image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera system on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Mars' dark streaks are probably caused by dry landslides

By Mike Wall

A recent study found that these dark marks, known as recurring slope lineae, surged following the massive 2018 dust storm that killed NASA's Mars rover Opportunity.

An artist's depiction of gravitational waves causing ripples in space-time.

This week in our Space.com forums: Space surprises, Perseverance prizes and an astronomically huge number!

By Mohamed Mohammed

The community reminisces about surprising space facts, our Perseverance giveaway nears it end and more this week!

Flyer 1, controlled by Orville Wright, makes history’s first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on Dec. 17, 1903. Orville’s brother Wilbur looks on in this photo, which was taken by John Daniels, a member of the U.S. Life-Saving Station in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity carries piece of Wright brothers' famous plane

By Mike Wall

NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which is poised to make its first flight in early April, bears a tiny swatch of fabric from one wing of the Wright brothers' history-making plane Flyer 1.

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The importance of love language on Mars — Commander's report: sol 14

By Michaela Musilova

The Valoria 2 crew chose to understand each other's love languages to bond better during an analog mission on Mars.

Artist's illustration of NASA' Mars Helicopter Ingenuity flying on the Red Planet.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity could fly for 1st time on April 8

By Mike Wall

We may be just over two weeks away from the first powered flight by an aircraft on an alien world.

The brain is deeply affected by the change of gravity.

Astronauts on Mars missions could suffer cognitive and emotional problems, new research suggests

By Elisa Raffaella Ferrè

Deep space missions to Mars will be much more physically and mentally demanding than the journeys we’ve made so far during 60 years of human space exploration.