On 15 July 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft made Solar System history. As it flew by Mars, the spacecraft's onboard camera snapped 22 pictures of the planet's surface, sending them back home to Earth ...

Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding of the Red Planet. The spacecraft was designed and built by the Jet ...

"That Mars is habitable by beings of some sort or other is as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be," wrote Percival Lowell in the early 20th century. While other astronomers had their ...

Nasa’s Curiosity rover has been investigating the spider-web-like rock formations found on Mars – and found mysterious egg-like structures. Newly issued images show giant zig-zagging ridges, known as ...

A recent close-up shows a turtle-shaped rock on the surface of Mars, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...