Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.

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.

Until now, NASA's landers mainly focused on exploring Mars' surface for signs of potential life. They've touched down near volcanoes, valleys, and canyons. But InSight won't be going anywhere like ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells ... What shut down the Martian dynamo?

This is in line with research from last year that detailed how Mars was covered in bodies of water in its distant past. “Mars once had liquid water on its surface ... all comes down to ...

NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, fired its laser at some oddly pale rocks on the surface of the ... when older rocks are broken down by liquid water.

down. The evidence disturbed the scientist in more than one respect. First, conditions on Mars are such that any water reaching the surface supposedly would not remain liquid for very long but ...

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope ... Those sheets "weighed down" the surface, compressing it. As the glaciers melted, the surface began to rise back up in a process called ...

The IR instruments on the Mars Mariner spacecraft successfully scanned the atmospheric and surface chemistry of Mars, trasmitting IR spectral data back to Earth. "The infrared spectrometer was a ...

where it is cooler than at the surface and causes carbon dioxide in Mars' atmosphere to condense into clouds. Some of the ice crystals can be seen raining down on the surface as thick, white ...