The image, taken using the orbiter's HiRise camera, shows sedimentary rock layers covered in wind-blown sand.
The dust on Mars may be a good basis for creating "bricks" for building on the planet.
During the early years of the solar system, Mars got a little break from constant bombardment by space objects before the asteroids started up again.
When we finally find aliens living on an Earth-like planet outside our solar system, it might be swimming — because habitable exoplanets are probably completely covered in ocean.
The rover, which has been on Mars since 2004, is leaving the “Cape Tribulation” and is moving toward “Perseverance Valley,” both part of the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
A new planet scientists found orbiting a small star is being called a “super-Jupiter” because it’s almost three times bigger than the largest planet in our solar system.
If we are going to find aliens in our solar system, we might have a better shot exploring moons rather than other planets.
The HiRISE instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been capturing images of the Martian surface since 2006.
The space agency's first two SLS and Orion missions are facing "multiple cost and technical challenges," the Office of Inspector General warned in a new audit report.
Everyone is looking at Mars, but these two countries have their eyes on its biggest moon, Phobos, and hope to solve a cosmic mystery.
The space agency released an image, captured using the MRO’s HiRISE camera, showing a mesa in the Noctis Labyrinthyus region.
Scientists believe that the basin, located in the red planet’s southern hemisphere, once had a 1,300-foot-deep lake.
There is evidence that life exists even deeper than the greatest depths of the ocean, which gives hope to all the people searching for aliens on other planets.
Walter and his team will be tasked to complete another mission in “Scorpion” Season 3, episode 22.
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has been investigating the upper atmosphere and ionosphere of Mars since September 2014, providing an insight into the planet’s history.
Three objects slammed into Mars at the same time to create this unusual crater.
If there are aliens or fossils of previous extraterrestrials on Mars, scientists are going to have to know where to look. That’s where this Earth desert and its bacteria tenants come in.
We may soon know for sure whether extraterrestrial life ever existed in other places within our solar system, but don’t expect to shake hands with an alien any time soon.
A long-destroyed planet is haunting Mars, with its remains following Earth’s neighbor wherever it goes.
A fleet of robots that could one day travel to other planets and moons looking for aliens are packed with tools like buzzsaws and catapults.
NASA reveals plan to build a Deep Space Gateway near the lunar surface to serve as a pit stop for astronauts going to Mars.
Scientists think they’ve figured out exactly how much air the Sun has sucked off of Mars, turning it from a warm and wet planet into a red wasteland.