NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.
These studies show that Mars is bombarded by meteorites far more often than previously thought — about 2.5 times more ...
A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...
More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its ...
The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...
Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s. It was stopped because of the nuclear test ban treaty and ...
Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.
Scientists have a new theory on why Mars is red, and it may mean that water was more widespread on the planet than previously ...
When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...