Mars’ strangely small mass still puzzles planetary scientists. Definitive answers as to why are still hard to come by.

Moving on from the success of the Ingenuity drone, NASA has released a rendering of its next-generation vehicle for aerial flight on Mars, known as the Mars Chopper.

Imagine you could vacation on Mars. At first glance, Mars appears very different from Earth, but if you take ... we reach Hebes Chasma. It's tiny compared to Valles Marineris, but it's worth ...

Could a world just slightly larger than Earth between Mars and Jupiter have made our planet uninhabitable ... while others possess a dense gaseous atmosphere. Their size and mass strongly influence ...

If you think Earth ... On Mars the surface is rocky and desert-like. So wind can stir up loose soil, creating giant dust devils twice the height of Mt. Everest. But that's nothing compared to ...

Take Mars, for example: Mars has a tilt of 25.19 degrees compared to Earth’s ... second-closest to the Sun and a similar size and weight to the Earth. This is because atmosphere traps UV radiati ...