Manganese found inside rocks on Mars could mean that the Red Planet once had oxygen in its atmosphere.
The data recorded during the historic Viking Mars missions is set to be archived in digital form.
The space agency is looking to develop orbiters that could help to support a future manned mission.
A peculiar landscape of dots and dashes has been picked up by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Dutch scientists have replicated the soil on Mars to demonstrate that vegetables can be grown there.
The alleged skeletal artifact appeared following an 'enhancement' of an image from the Curiosity rover.
The final 100 candidates for the controversial Mars One mission are set to undergo more rigorous tests.
New evidence has suggested that Mars may have once experienced frequent and destructive tidal waves.
Known as Valkyrie, the NASA robot could help to set up a colony ahead of the first astronauts on Mars.
Elon Musk's private space firm is aiming to land a spacecraft on the Red Planet within just two years.
Researchers have succeeded in enhancing the images taken of the ill-fated probe's final resting place.
NASA's aging rover has captured an impressive image of a vortex swirling around on the surface of Mars.
A comet bombardment that occurred on Mars 3.9 billion years ago may have created habitable conditions.
Russia is working on a new propulsion system that has the potential to revolutionize space travel.
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) successfully launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan this morning.
Europe and Russia are launching a joint mission next week to land a spacecraft on the surface of Mars.
Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin has stated that surviving on Mars will be a lot harder than getting there.
A species of prehistoric marsupial lion was able to climb up trees and ambush its prey from above.
The SpaceX CEO is hoping to see a manned mission to Mars happen within the space of just nine years.
NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed a huge wall of sand on the edge of the Martian desert.