Planets

Mars

The red planet

Home to the Solar System's tallest volcano and deepest canyon, Mars once had rivers and lakes — today's rovers are reading that history.

Connected To

Curated graph

RoversCuriosity RoversPerseverance Future VehiclesStarship OrbitsThe Sun

Essential facts — curated catalog
Distance from Sun	227.9 million km
Day	24.6 hours
Known moons	2 (Phobos, Deimos)
Tallest volcano	Olympus Mons, ~22 km

In collections

Mars Underfoot

Distance from Earth today

260.0 million km1.738 AU

Light takes 14.5 minutes to cross it · closing at 11.0 km/s

NASA/JPL Horizons, computed for 2026-09-20. This changes daily as both bodies move — the figures in the table above are orbital averages, which do not.

From the surface

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Two rovers are working on Mars right now. These are the most recent raw frames each has sent back — uncalibrated, straight off the cameras.

Perseverance

SOL 1,983 · SKYCAM

Jezero Crater

Curiosity

SOL 5,020 · CHEMCAM REMOTE MICRO-IMAGER

Gale Crater

Every frame from both rovers →

From the Classroom

Mars: The Water Detective StoryThe Solar System · Beginner · 2 min read

Why Mars Launches Every 26 MonthsRocketry · Intermediate · 2 min read

How We Talk to SpacecraftDeep Space · Beginner · 2 min read

Could I Live on Another Planet?First Steps · Beginner · 2 min read

Why Jupiter Runs the Solar SystemThe Solar System · Intermediate · 2 min read

Cite this entry

“Mars.” Everything Space, curated catalog. everythingspace.online/explore/mars. Retrieved 20 Sep 2026.