NASA's iconic Curiosity rover recently captured a striking image of dawn on Mars that shows distant cliffs in ...

Learn more about the AMEC, a strange, recurring cloud on Mars that has long baffled scientists, until now.

The physical process likely behind this cloud's formation has never been observed in a planetary atmosphere before.

Earth and Mars may be close neighbors today, but scientists say the two planets took different routes during their formation.

Astrophysicist Jorge Hernández Bernal first spotted the cloud in an otherwise clear sky in 2018. Images by the European Space ...

Scientists have finally solved one of Mars's most perplexing mysteries: the puzzle of an 'impossible' giant cloud.

The condition of Mars’ polar ice could offer new clues about the Red Planet’s past and whether it was ever suitable for life.

Mars is famous for its red dust. So it’s easy to guess that the frozen water near its north pole is grimy, too.

Four and a half billion years ago, Earth and Mars were born in the rotating cloud of gas and dust that would eventually ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A rare dawn conjunction on Saturday, July 4, brings fourth ...

Earth and Mars may have formed through different mixtures of planetary building processes, despite developing side by side.

Views of Mars captured by the Mars Express orbiter ...