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 ...

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

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

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

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

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

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

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

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...