An amateur astronomer discovered Pluto 95 years ago today. The former planet will complete an orbit in another 153 years.

The comic strip The Far Side has sometimes featured takes on alien life forms to hilarious effect, and these are some of the ...

If your game looks remotely interesting and costs $5 or less, I will probably buy it. This isn’t a super smart philosophy on my part but at least it is a terrible way to decide on what to purchase.

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the ...

The 'God of War': Mars was named by the ancient Romans for their god of war because its reddish color was reminiscent of blood. Other civilizations also named the planet for this attribute ...

Martian clouds are almost always made of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. 95% of the planet's atmosphere is CO2.

Studying how and where on Mars these clouds form can help scientists better understand their impact on the planet's climate. The images, which were captured on Jan. 17 by one of two cameras ...

Social media users are swooning over images of heart shapes found on Mars. The series of pictures were captured from the Mars ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of broken fragments no bigger than pencil erasers, and even grains of dust fine enough to ...

Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south pole that are visible only in springtime on the Red Planet. This image ...

These two planets are visible in the southwest sky.Mars is currently at opposition from the Sun. That means the Sun and the "Red Planet" are directly opposite from each other with Earth in the middle.

We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours is the only planet capable of supporting life, and it seems to have arisen ...