Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the ...

A NASA rover taking rock samples on Mars has uncovered a plentiful mineral that was invisible to orbiters studying the Red ...

In a nutshell NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered large deposits of siderite, a type of iron carbonate, in Gale Crater, ...

"Before Hubble, no generation ever had access to unimaginably vibrant views of space, stretching almost all the way back to ...

Billions of years ago, Mars was warm, wet, and capable of sustaining liquid water on its surface. Scientists have long ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has made a major discovery that could help explain what happened to Mars’ ancient atmosphere—and why ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered siderite in Gale Crater. This shows Mars had a partial carbon cycle, storing and releasing ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered a missing piece in the puzzle of Mars' past atmosphere. Scientists discovered ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

Whether anything ever lived on Mars is unknown. And the present environment, with harsh temperatures, intense radiation, and ...