NASA's chief scientist Dr Jim Green is optimistic that the next rovers to visit Mars will find evidence of alien life.
NASA and ESA are hoping to secure formal approval to return samples of Mars soil to the Earth for study.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed a massive ice avalanche on the surface of Mars.
Four decades ago, Marshall County Deputy Val Johnson had a chilling encounter with an unidentified object.
The SpaceX CEO has long held the belief that nuking the Red Planet could make it more habitable for humans.
Growing crops on the Red Planet would undoubtedly go a long way towards building a sustainable human colony.
NASA's long-lived Curiosity rover picked up the sudden and unexpected spike of methane on Wednesday.
A bright glowing light was captured earlier this month by one of the cameras aboard NASA's Curiosity rover.
Photographed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the crater is unlike anything scientists have seen before.
An evolutionary biologist has outlined what is likely to happen when people start living full-time on Mars.
The veteran Apollo astronaut has called on the US government to hasten its efforts to colonize Mars.
Despite methane being detected on Mars previously, more recent scans have revealed no sign of it at all.
The space agency is hoping to launch its first manned mission to the Red Planet within the next 14 years.
Scientists have confirmed via ESA's Mars Express probe that Curiosity did detect methane on the Red Planet.
The claim that Curiosity has photographed fungi growing on Mars has been met with a high degree of skepticism.
The tiny chopper is set to become the first man-made aerial vehicle to fly through the skies of another world.
Evidence of an ancient interconnected subterranean groundwater system has been discovered on Mars.
The Dutch firm, which aimed to begin founding a human colony on Mars by 2025, has inevitably gone bust.
The rover's 15-year anniversary has been sadly marred by the likelihood that its mission has come to an end.
The legendary Star Trek actor had a question for NASA recently following the release of new footage from Mars.