Mars

What's happening in the universe?

Humans have been visiting and exploring Mars for more than half a century, and NASA has released a video celebrating the agency's remarkable contributions

As the solar year ends, let's try to stop being so parochial

NASA's Curiosity rover finds a foreign object on Mars, and engages in some science awesomeness

New studies indicate that ionizing radiation might cause neurodegenerative disease. The implications could be profound for interplanetary or interstellar species.

Getting to Mars is hard. Getting down onto Mars is harder. The unfortunate demise of ESA's ExoMars Schiaparelli demonstrator module is a case in point

European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli spacecraft crashed and possibly exploded

Despite the likely loss of its Schiaparelli lander, the Trace Gas Orbiter is gearing up for spectacular science at Mars

The premature deployment or jettisoning of its heat shield and parachute may have doomed the Schiaparelli lander

The Schiaparelli lander’s failure to phone home has scientists fearing the worst

With the Schiaparelli lander, Europe hopes to join the U.S. and Russia in successfully touching down on the Red Planet

A graphic from the Scientific American archive provides context for this month’s Mars landing attempt