Scientists have identified what appear to be enormous water-carved caves on Mars, revealed through giant skylights in the ...

A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable ...

As we travel from Mars’s equator toward the planet’s northern regions, we arrive at Coloe Fossae. This landscape is characterized by long, shallow grooves that cut across an area filled with steep ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

Learn more about volcanic activity on Mars and how it may have once provided vital elements to the atmosphere.

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's ...

A new radar technique allowed the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to scan deep into the Martian surface and determine an ...

A “prehistoric geological phenomenon of great geological and archaeological importance”, the eerie red landscape of ...

There is likely no subsurface lake on Mars. New data refutes the thesis of Italian researchers from 2018.

While the Moon is getting a lot of attention right now, with private companies and government agencies setting up shop, Mars ...

Long-lasting habitability on Mars reshapes the search for life as Curiosity finds altered dunes that stayed wet after Martian ...

A polar vortex — a large area of low pressure — is heading south from the Arctic, bringing with it cold weather across many ...