For the past four years, NASA 's Perseverance rover has rambled over a region of Mars where scientists say a strong river ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to ...

used by the Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It will also have a thermal infrared (TIR) radiometer comparable to the mini-Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) used by the ...

Now, thanks to data from NASA's Curiosity rover, the mysteries surrounding Mars' ancient climate are finally coming into sharper focus. Recent findings, published in the journal Science ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars, offering new clues about the planet's ancient climate and potential habitability. While slowly climbing the slopes of Mount Sharp ...

"What we're trying to do on Earth to fight climate change is something that nature may have already done on Mars," he said. "Learning about the mechanisms of making these minerals on Mars helps us ...

By comparing Curiosity's findings with orbital data, scientists believe similar layers across the planet could have trapped up to 36 millibars' worth of atmospheric carbon dioxide — enough to ...

All evidence points to Mars having had a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere billions of years ago, but insufficient carbonates in Martian soil challenge this theory. Now, a new study using data from ...