Data from the Mars Express orbiter has been used to create a visualization of "a vast system of deep and steep valleys that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The solar storm increased the number of electrons in two layers of the Martian atmosphere: A 45% increase at an altitude of 68 ...

It’s a virtual mission to Mars. Our first mission to Mars may still be a ways off, but people can take a virtual tour of the Red Planet thanks to a brand new video by the Mars Express Orbiter. People ...

Craters, craters, and yet more craters: this snapshot from ESA's Mars Express is packed full of them, each as fascinating as the last. This view of the Red Planet—taken by Mars Express's High ...

In its latest postcard from Mars, the European Space Agency's Mars Express returns to Acheron Fossae: a dramatic network of chasms carved into the surface of the red planet. In April, we highlighted ...

Mars has a new showpiece for planetary scientists, and it looks uncannily like a butterfly frozen mid-flight. A fresh set of images from a long-running European orbiter reveals an impact scar whose ...

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Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a cold, desert world within our solar system. It has a very thin atmosphere, but ...