The Kilopower project has developed a type of miniature nuclear fission reactor for use on other worlds.
The ice, which is thought to descend almost 330ft, could help to support a future manned presence on Mars.
The Mars Curiosity rover has discovered some rather peculiar structures and nobody knows what they are.
The SpaceX CEO has posted up images of his Tesla Roadster mounted inside the rocket's nose cone.
Letizia Marsili and five other members of her family are affected by an unusual pain insensitivity.
The crest-tailed mulgara - a small carnivorous marsupial - was thought to have died out a century ago.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has stated that the first human on Mars will have got there on a Boeing rocket.
The maiden voyage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will carry Musk's own Tesla Roadster in to space.
The results of a recent experiment suggest that the soil on Mars is likely to be suitable for agriculture.
Anheuser-Busch, the company behind Budweiser beer, wants to create a beverage for people to drink on Mars.
The lake has been described as 'a chunk of Mars [that] has somehow broken off and travelled 33 million miles'.
Boriska Kipriyanovich, who has baffled doctors for 20 years, claims he lived on Mars in his past life.
The Mars 2020 rover will be equipped with a wide assortment of cameras for surveying the Red Planet.
NASA scientists have revealed the existence of an invisible magnetic tail trailing behind the Red Planet.
The prototype thruster could one day propel the first Mars astronauts all the way to the Red Planet.
Photographs of a 'macho' marsupial standing in a creek in Western Australia have gone viral online.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified the site of an ancient lake on the Red Planet's surface.
NASA has been exploring ways to protect astronauts from deadly radiation during future missions to Mars.
Lockheed Martin is aiming to place a space station around Mars and to land astronauts on its surface.
Elon Musk is hoping to land the first astronauts on the surface of Mars within as little as seven years.