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

A mosaic of two pictures showing the rover arm after scanning and sampling one of the rocks discussed in the paper. The rock itself is in the lower right and clearly shows the hole where the sample ...

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic eruptions, and may be protecting signs of life — if there ever was life on Mars ...

New data is challenging what scientists previously knew about one of the youngest geological features on the Red Planet. That ...

While most people searching for signs of alien life these days might have their eyes on the exoplanet K2-18b, one team of researchers is keeping their sights a little closer to home. Texas A&M ...

Skylights, openings in the surface of Mars that descend down into caves, have been found on Mars, along with signatures for ...

What did Mars look like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study presented at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2024 hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated mysterious ...

MOSCOW, Idaho - A study led by the University of Idaho has uncovered the first evidence of a volcanic spatter cone on Mars. According to a press release from the University of Idaho, Ian Flynn, a ...

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected ...

Debris from ancient volcanic eruptions on Mars could offer new clues in the search for alien life, a new study suggests. The newly discovered rock type was found littered across the landing site of a ...