Mars, a planet once capable of sustaining liquid water and harboring flowing rivers, today stands as a frozen desert. For ...

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

Scientists have created living communities of bacteria and fungi that could survive in protective habitats on the Red Planet.

UCF Professor Ramses Ramirez believes human exploration can greatly accelerate the search for life. "A human can react ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

The image, captured by NASA ’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, is the first of its kind: a volcano on the Red Planet seen on the ...