MARS

Being able to study the interiors of Martian rocks will allow scientists to peer billions of years back into the Red Planet's past.

The Indian space agency will conduct a total of 10 space missions by November, at a cost of about $1.3 billion.

NASA’s ‘Mohawk Guy’ Bobak Ferdowsi attended the State of the Union as one of the First Lady's guest.

Curiosity snapped a photo of a tiny shiny object on a Mars rock -- the latest unusual find on the rover's mission.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, spacecraft has produced an amazing series of photographs showing seasonal changes on Mars that include dry ice “smoke” carving grooves into the Red Planet’s sand dunes.

This week marks the ninth anniversary of the rover Opportunity’s touchdown on a flat plain close to the Martian equator.

A Netherlands-based nonprofit organization is seeking volunteers for a possible mission to Mars. Mars One has released its requirements for astronauts, and those who want "to boldly go where no one has gone before” can sign up.

One of the intrepid NASA robot’s latest snapshots reveals an unusually bright object that some have dubbed a Martian flower.

Months after landing on the red planet, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is still creating buzz with its latest findings. The most recent Curiosity news to captivate the Internet is a photo of a small rock formation that closely resembles a flower.

Though relatively small, Black Beauty is the first Martian meteorite linked to the planet's surface and is set to greatly enhance scientists' understanding of the Red Planet's geology.

Emphasize the positive, and forget the negative: Here are five people who deserve credit for doing things right this year.

A new study suggests rocks on the moon or Mars could be used as the base material for 3D printers by a process called “laser engineered net shaping.”

No history-making revelations yet from the little rover on Mars, but the two-year mission is just getting started.

NASA Tuesday announced plans to send a new $1.5 billion “robotic science rover” to Mars in 2020.

When NASA breathlessly announced that their Mars Rover Curiosity made a huge discovery, many had wild speculations as to what it could be. NASA has analyzed the soil samples and it is rather disappointing.

Scientists have collected hard evidence that the tiny world closest to our Sun has at least one polar ice cap.

Something big is happening with NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, but the space agency isn't ready to announce it yet.

Ever since NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars in August 2012, the big question that begs answer is: Can humans survive on Mars? Well, it appears feasible.

Methane, a compound strongly tied to biological processes, could signal present-day extraterrestrial life if found on Mars, but thus far the latest Mars rover has found little trace of it.

On Tuesday, NASA announced its new spaceship, Orion, is on track for a scheduled 2014 test launch. The first new NASA spaceship since the 1970's, Orion is a critical step towards deep space travel and ferrying astronauts to Mars.

NASA revealed that Curiosity rover detected a bright shiny object on the ground when it began to collect and sift through Martian soil the very first time, the Daily Mail has reported