For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by ...

The red planet, Mars, has long captured the imagination of scientists, dreamers, and space enthusiasts alike. With its stark ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

Curiosity has previously discovered small organic molecules on Mars, but these recently found compounds are larger and would ...

Our study reveals that ferrihydrite formation on Mars required the presence of both oxygen — whether from the atmosphere or other sources — and water capable of reacting with iron.” ...

a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder and former principal investigator of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission (MAVEN), argues that last year’s ...

Elon Musk aims to colonize Mars despite challenges such as its extreme climate, thin atmosphere, and lack of liquid water.

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...

Mars' atmosphere is too cold and then to support life now, but billions of years ago the planet had an abundance of water, NASA said, which is also evidenced in the ferrihydrite found in its dust.

The findings, based on long-term atmospheric data, offer a fresh perspective on the behaviors of Mars' middle atmosphere, highlighting fundamental differences from Earth's. The study applied ...

More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its ...