“The presence of liquid water [on Mars] is a broad topic that includes rains, rivers, lakes, as well as oceans,” says Ezat ...

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

"The structures that we were able to identify in the images are clearly the mouth of a river into an ocean." The post ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too ...

A new study has examined how future human missions to Mars could access one of the planet's most vital resources—water. The ...

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a mission update ...

Advances in technology have reopened the debate over terraforming Mars, shifting it from an impossible dream to a long-term scientific and ethical question.

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean billions of years ago ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that Mars clocks tick slightly faster—and fluctuate over the ...

Experience the breathtaking moments of Mars landings like never before. HiRISE captures the precision and drama of spacecraft descending onto the Red Planet, from heat shield to retro rockets. See how ...