The strange formation was spotted in a region of the Red Planet known as Cydonia. Cydonia is close to where scientists ...

The shapes of the Earth can lead to mysterious curiosities. On this occasion, thanks to Google Maps. Because the satellite mapping tool has allowed us to discover a striking figure ...

Mars' dramatic north-south divide has puzzled scientists for half a century. However, they may now have a conclusive answer.

The surface in Mars' northern and southern hemisphere ... have known about the divide since the 1970s when NASA's Viking orbiter returned images of the Red Planet's unusual surface.

NASA’s Viking program sent two identical probes, Viking 1 and Viking 2, to Mars. Both of these consisted of an orbiter to take photographs of the planet, and a lander to conduct experiments on ...

were the first successful attempts to land on Mars and conduct detailed exploration. Viking 1 and Viking 2 each included an orbiter and a lander, which landed on the Red Planet in 1976.

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

Chryse Planitia was the landing site of NASA's Viking 1 mission in 1976 and is a vast lowland region ... data from the HiRISE and CRISM instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, as well as ...

The Antarctic 'alien' was spotted by a social media user looking at satellite imagery of the area, with some speculating it ...