Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.

In most photos, the surface of Mars looks like an empty red wasteland. But if you look a bit closer, the remnants of an ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has remained a mystery. However, the SWOT satellite is changing that by doing ...

Spacecraft, polar-research stations and submarines are among a set of environments classed as isolated, confined and extreme ( ICE ). They put that two-day off-site retreat you’re dreading into ...

This blend of optimistic futurism and hard sci-fi continues beyond the boundaries of your colony’s biomes as you strike out across Mars’ storm-struck surface ... that hug the abstract ...

Researchers exposed two lichen species to Mars-like atmospheric conditions for five hours—and one performed impressively.

Warm spells on Mars may spark massive dust storms, scientists say, bringing us closer to predicting Martian weather. Today’s ...

The molecules, while not a direct sign of life, still signal the existence of complex chemistry on the Red Planet.

which operated on the surface of the red planet between 2018 and 2022. SEIS was the first ever seismometer to operate on Mars, and it was sensitive to three different types of seismic wave ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mars had intermittent surface water over 3 billion years ago, but its current state remains debated. Recent analysis challenges a study suggesting significant ...

The ERO will carry the Mid-Infrared Hyperspectral Imager (MIHI) to map Mars’ surface composition, and the Mars Martian Multispectral Camera (MMC) for capturing high-resolution imagery.