(NEW YORK) — Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission is set to launch two small satellites, built by Rocket Lab, into Mars’ orbit to investigate the processes that led to the loss of the planet’s ancient atmosphere. These twin ...

NASA is racing to contact a lost probe that mysteriously lost contact over Mars in early December. The $582.5 million Maven ...

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of atmospheric sputtering on Mars, revealing how solar wind ...

(CNN) — Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago.

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.