SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has stated that there is a '70 percent chance' that he will personally fly to Mars.
The space agency's InSight lander will be descending 80 miles through the Martian atmosphere on Monday.
Scientists behind the ExoMars mission have picked out a landing site where they hope to find evidence of alien life.
ESA's Mars Express orbiter has photographed a long white cloud lingering eerily over the planet's surface.
Things are not looking good for the stricken rover which stopped communicating following a dust storm in June.
Scientists developing Europe's new ExoMars rover are optimistic about its chances of finding life on Mars.
Enough oxygen could exist within salty subsurface water on Mars to support oxygen-breathing microbes.
A new study has revealed that ancient Mars had the right conditions to support subterranean microbes.
Scientists have calculated the minimum level of radiation that an astronaut will be exposed to on a trip to Mars.
NASA has posted up an amusing example of pareidolia found in a photograph taken using its HiRISE camera.
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 long-lived rover has halted its science work while it waits out a massive dust storm on Mars.
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'.