The recent detection of potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover has sparked renewed ...

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s equator.

A groundbreaking study published inGeophysical Research Letters takes us closer to understanding Mars’ wind dynamics and how ...

The method, developed by researchers at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, uses images of dune surfaces to estimate ...

New study shows Mars went through shrinking ice ages, revealing how it lost water and where future missions might find what's left.

Scientists simulated the conditions of Mars in a lab to observe how blocks of carbon dioxide "dug" their way through the ...

A recent study suggests that chemical traces of ancient microbial life may still be preserved beneath Mars' icy surface.

If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it might still be frozen beneath the planet's icy surface.

A recent close-up shows a turtle-shaped rock on the surface of Mars, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover. As NASA's Perseverance rover, a car-sized robotic explorer, looks for signs of possible ...

A team of Indian researchers has discovered that baker’s yeast can survive extreme Martian-like conditions involving high-intensity shock waves and toxic perchlorate salts. Baker’s yeast ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...

The Phoenix Mars Lander, under the control the UA Lunar and Planetary Lab, has been a busy little robot lab lately. Over the last few days, the robot arm has been working on its scooping technique, ...