Mars Tharsis News Today

Scientists are gathering evidence that shows this spot on Mars is ideal for long-term exploration. A lot of Mars explorations see it as a place ready for human exploration to uncover the planet's history and potential to sustain microbial life.

This Encyclopedia Britannica list explores the universe on a smaller scale.

Mars, fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and seventh in size and mass. It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky. There are intriguing clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more Earth-like than today.