Following India's maiden Mars probe launch earlier in the month, last week saw the successful launch of the Martian Atmospheres and Volatiles Evolution mission, or MAVEN for short.

Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

because it is situated near the ecliptic — the plane in the night sky where all solar system worlds orbit the sun. Mars and ...

Stunning new images of the largest canyon in our solar system have been taken by a Nasa probe on Mars. The Valles Marineris is a system of huge canyons that spreads for 2,500 miles along the equato… ...

With the second spacecraft this month now on its way to Mars, you could be forgiven for thinking we’ve forgotten that there is a number of other planets in our solar system.

Just in the inner solar system, that includes the Moon, Mars, and Mercury. It’s when you dive deep into the crust that you find large, subterranean oceans of liquid water.

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a host of other puzzles connected to the solar system's deep past ...

Mars is notoriously cold, with average temperatures plummeting to minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit. For any weather system to be viable, these extreme temperatures must be moderated.

News; Family; Ask Dr. Universe: Mars is home to the largest volcano in the solar system Mon., April 21, 2025 This is Olympus Mons. The image came from a space probe called the Viking orbiter.

The orbit of Mars stretches to almost 250 million kilometers ... Astronomers have calculated how often such black holes might be passing around the Solar System and what would happen if they did.

I admit “The Mars Overload” is a bit of misrepresentation, as we are currently exploring (or travelling to) pretty much every other planet in our solar system right now (with two notable ...