The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...

New research by an international team of researchers now argues that a different iron oxide mineral is in fact responsible for the Mars’ color: ferrihydrite.

China's Zhurong rover uncovered signs of ancient sandy beaches beneath Mars' surface, indicating a vast ocean, Deuteronilus, existed 3.5 to 4 billion years ago. These findings suggest the planet once ...

Astronomers have made a remarkable discovery on Mars that could revolutionise our understanding of the red planet's history.

Vincent Chevrier, associate research professor at the University of Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, is part ...

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

Tohoku University researchers are looking underfoot to uncover the mysterious past of Mars: Martian regoliths in the soil. Their water storage capabilities may help us understand the change in water ...

The surface of the Red Planet is constantly exposed to cosmic rays, and the Martian soil is so reactive that it's hostile to any organic compounds. Gypsum from Algeria stood in for Martian sulfate ...

They then analyzed the spectra of the dust, in the same way that orbiting spacecraft analyze the Martian soil, in order to study its composition. “We were trying to create a replica martian dust ...

The study, led by Adomas Valantinas of Brown University and published in Nature Communications, has confirmed the real reason ...