President Trump vowed Monday to be the first commander-in-chief to put US astronauts on Mars. “The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth ...

"We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," Trump said. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a longtime proponent of ...

For decades, we have been imaging the surface of Mars with ever-finer resolution, cataloging a huge range of features on its surface, studying their composition, and, in a few cases, dispatching ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Mercury will form a breathtaking arc across the night sky. While Venus and Saturn will appear in the southwest after sunset, Jupiter will shine ...

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week. On Monday evening (Jan. 13), the Full Wolf Moon passed in front of Mars in what's known as a lunar occultation, during which another ...

Trump confidant Elon Musk wants NASA to drop its ambitious plans to return to the moon and instead head straight to Mars. Congress is ready to put up a fight. Republican and Democratic lawmakers ...

For lucky stargazers in some parts of the world, it will also pass in front of the more-brilliantly-red-than-usual Mars in an event known as a lunar occultation. But that’s not all January’s ...

This event happens just days before Mars reaches its brightest and most visible position in over two years. Mars will reach opposition on Thursday, January 16, aligning directly with Earth and the sun ...