The discovery by the Mars rovers of carbonate in sedimentary rock on the Red Planet has enabled planetary scientists to rewind the clock and tell the tale of how Mars' warmer, watery climate 3.5 ...

On November 13, 2020, a pair of European Space Agency spacecraft—Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter—set out to gain a deeper understanding of the Martian ionosphere. Utilizing an advanced ...

Mars, the Red Planet, has long captured our imagination as a possible home for life. Recently, a team of scientists uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: caves on Mars formed by water, potentially ...

Life on Mars sounds like something from a "Doctor Who" episode. But a study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology challenges the science fiction notion of that idea. The research ...

MOSCOW -- "Martian water has been touched and tasted" by NASA's Phoenix lander spacecraft, which has identified water in a sample of soil collected from Mars. This will expand our so far fragmented ...

Research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet. It's informing future Martian exploration and settlement plans. {Story aired on WeSat on 12/14/24.} ...

Harvard Professor Andrew Knoll told University students Monday he hopes to forge deeper into our planet's past by analyzing the composition of Mars. Knoll, who was named one of Time magazine's "Best ...

Fresh from his SpaceX company’s rescue of astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, inventor Elon Musk is already looking at building a sustainable city of 1 million people on Mars by ...