MARS

NASA's Curiosity captured Phobos, one of two Martian moons, rising in the night sky in its latest video.

Differences between Martian surface rocks and younger Mars-derived meteorites point toward an oxygen-rich atmosphere about 4 billion years ago.

NASA's Curiosity was chosen to become an official LEGO product.

Astronomers have solved the mystery surrounding Mars' twice-daily temperature changes, with peaks during the middle of the day and at midnight.

Long tracks on Martian sand dunes seem to have formed thanks to sliding blocks of dry ice.

Martian clay from a meteorite contained high levels of boron which is necessary to create RNA, a "building block of life," according to a new study.

NASA's rover Opportunity has found clay mineral evidence suggesting suitable drinkable water once existed on Mars.

Stamen Design created several interactive maps of Mars using NASA data. IBTimes talks with the studio's founder to explore the process of creating compelling data visualizations.

Some are speculating that NASA's Curiosity Rover took a photo of a rat on the surface of Mars.

If NASA's Kepler telescope is taken out of commission thanks to a faulty gyroscopic wheel, it will be another learning experience for the agency.

78,000 people have applied to abandon Earth and live in a permanent colony on Mars.

A photo from the Mars Rover Curiosity showed a rather hilarious doodle on the surface of the Red Planet.

If a whole lot of things go as planned, four colonists will set foot on Mars in 2023.

NASA is seeking $100 million to capture an asteroid and place it in orbit around the moon.

A Mars solar conjunction happens about once every 26 months, so this isn't NASA's first rodeo.

Powdered rock extracted by the NASA rover from the Martian surface contains some of the chemical building blocks for life.

Comet Pan-STARRS will be visible with the naked eye to people in the Northern Hemisphere starting on Thursday.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been temporarily put to “safe mode” as the scientists from Earth are attempting to fix a memory glitch, NASA said in a statement.

The world's 10 largest food companies are failing in their social responsibility to people in the developing world who make their product.

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.