The study suggests that Mars has been self-regulating as a desert planet, with habitability being the exception, rather than ...

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

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

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

Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, ...

Nearly a decade’s worth of data went into the first direct observation of sputtering on Mars, which researchers believe ...

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

Mars, also known as the Red Planet, is home to some of the most dramatic weather systems in the solar system. The dust raised ...

If humans are ever going to live beyond Earth, they'll need to construct habitats. But transporting enough industrial material to create livable spaces would be incredibly challenging and expensive.

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.