A new study has revealed that ancient Mars had the right conditions to support subterranean microbes.
The ever-ambitious entrepreneur is aiming to construct a human colony on the Red Planet by as early as 2028.
Scientists have calculated the minimum level of radiation that an astronaut will be exposed to on a trip to Mars.
If you ever want to live in Villas Las Estrellas, it is compulsory to have your appendix removed.
NASA has posted up an amusing example of pareidolia found in a photograph taken using its HiRISE camera.
It is looking increasingly likely that the recent Martian dust storm may have silenced the rover for good.
NASA is investigating the possibility of sending a probe to Mars that could directly seek out alien life forms.
The iconic rover, which landed on Mars six years ago, has celebrated with a self-congratulating Tweet.
Scientists now believe that terraforming Mars to make it more habitable is not possible using today's technology.
Scientists believe that they have identified a body of water situated beneath the planet's south polar ice cap.
The European Space Agency is offering a prize to the person who manages to come up with the winning name.
Peculiar surface features that resemble large spiders can be seen in the latest image from NASA's Mars orbiter.
The dust storm that left the Opportunity rover out of commission is now classed as 'planet-encircling'.
The long-lived rover has halted its science work while it waits out a massive dust storm on Mars.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has hinted at having astronauts run around the BFR like in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
NASA has announced this week that complex organic matter has been found in an ancient lake bed on Mars.
It appears as though the space agency's Curiosity rover has discovered something interesting on Mars.
Children born to parents living in a colony on Mars will be the very definition of the word 'Martian'.
The space agency is moving forward with its plan to send a helicopter drone to Mars in two years' time.
The US space agency has emphasized that its Moon ambitions will not distract from its efforts to reach Mars.