Mars has been born afresh in the human mind with each exploratory thrust. Now it was happening again under the astonished gaze of Ken Edgett as he sat at his computer, tucked away in a leafy ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

Like much of Mars, the butterscotch plain is inhospitable, empty, ancient, and, when it comes down to it, pretty dull. But a few hundred meters to the south, over a shoal of low, uneven hummocks ...

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Carl Sagan spent his childhood immersed in Mars. The future scientist, an avid reader of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s ...

This story appears in the November 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. If there’s ever been life on Mars, she could be the one to find it. To discover the earliest signs of life on Earth ...

This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In winter the temperature at the poles of Mars can reach 200° below zero Fahrenheit. But make no mistake ...

I’m one of a team of more than 500 travelers exploring Mars from California with the ... reason it was selected as America’s first national park in 1872. Photographer William Henry Jackson ...

Raging river and frost-tipped dunes reveal watery history on Mars Raging river and frost-tipped dunes reveal watery history on Mars ‘Snakes’ on the moon? They could join our lunar mission.

And, their weight and design mean they can also travel beyond Earth’s immediate neighborhood, potentially ferrying humans to the moon, Mars, and beyond. By moving into orbit with its Commercial ...

So too each rover uses its three-jointed arm to wield equipment including a camera and a tool for grinding into Mars rocks. Rock-breaking brings up the essential reason to muse over these robots ...

2 min read This story appears in the December 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Emily Briere is planning a mission to Mars. The 23-year-old aerospace engineering student aims to get a ...

National Geographic released its annual “Pictures of the Year” issue this week, showcasing 20 photographs that depict ...