With its hills and distant mountains, the landscape seems somehow familiar yet at the same time eerily alien. The striking image was captured just recently by NASA’s Curiosity rover as it ...

Scientists had hypothesized before the rover arrived that the peculiar ridges formed with the last trickles of water in the ...

More information: Amanda V. Steckel et al, Landscape Evolution Models of Incision on Mars: Implications for the Ancient Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (2025). DOI: 10.1029 ...

New research suggests ancient Mars had rainfall, forming valleys and rivers—hinting at a wetter, possibly habitable past. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) ...

Was Mars a friendly planet for water, even life, in its ancient past? Huge channel networks run across its surface. Rocks show signs of water immersion. Yet pictures sent back from NASA's ...

Mars, the enigmatic Red Planet, has long captivated humanity with its stark, seemingly barren landscape. Today, it’s a cold, dry world – a shadow of its once-vibrant past. But what if this desolate ...

Clouds of water ice can be seen drifting over ancient volcanoes on Mars. But billions of years ago, the surface was more temperate. Rock samples could tell us whether it supported ancient life.

People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars since ancient times. Because it appears reddish, it has often ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to feed hundreds of lakes. A new study from geologists at the University of ...

Visit Mars as it might have looked billions of years ago. Not frozen and dry, but wet, warm, and alive with flowing water. New study finds ancient Mars likely had rainfall, snow and flowing rivers ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, ... Landscape Evolution Models of Incision on Mars: Implications for the Ancient Climate.