Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.

A UK-Canadian team of scientists has discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years

An ambitious project to establish a human colony on Mars has attracted applications from tens of thousands

The Apollo-era astronaut says NASA should be working manned Mars missions

Aspiring astronauts and wannabe reality TV stars, take note: A nonprofit that aims to send the first human colonists to Mars by 2023

A research group at the University of Washington, funded by NASA, is about to build a fusion-powered rocket.

The planet Mars lost most of its original atmosphere long ago when huge amounts of gas escaped into space

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity just might be the latest in a long line of Mars-exploring robots to discover the building blocks for primitive life on the Red Planet.

Over the years, the spacefaring nations of Earth have sent dozens of probes and rovers to explore Mars.

Curiosity may be sitting idle during the solar conjunction (more on that below), but there’s fresh Mars-focused news.

Following last week’s announcement that Curiosity had found conclusive evidence that Mars was once capable of supporting life

An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes.

The space agency will hold a press conference to reveal the results of the analysis of the grey-green dust it drilled from a rock on 8 February.

Buried channels, believed to have been caused by flooding, have been discovered below the surface of Mars