New research shows that an intense regional dust storm transported unusually high amounts of water vapor into Mars’ upper atmosphere, boosting hydrogen escape. The discovery reshapes understanding of ...

Today, the planet Mars presents itself as a cold, arid desert, but its soil retains the imprint of a far more welcoming past.

Tardigrades have a reputation for being nearly indestructible. These microscopic animals, often nicknamed water bears, can dry out and slip into a dormant state.

What turns an oddly patterned Martian rock into one of the most watched clues in planetary science? For NASA’s Perseverance ...

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

Spiderweb-shaped rock patterns on Mars may rewrite the timeline of when water disappeared from the Red Planet.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

The discovery comes from analysis of data from Nasa's Insight lander, which took a seismometer to Mars Scientists have discovered a reservoir of liquid water on Mars - deep in the rocky outer crust of ...

NASA's Curiosity rover just found bizarre nodules on giant Martian "spiderwebs." Scientists are puzzled.

How long did Mars have habitable conditions for life? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets hopes to address as a team of scientists from New York ...

TUSCON, Ariz. — Researchers working on the Phoenix Mars Mission say they've found evidence that liquid water exists on the red planet, though some mission scientists remain skeptical of the conclusion ...