NASA’s long record of Martian exploration has trained the public to expect a steady stream of images and data from the Red ...

Mars may have once possessed an ocean at least as large as Earth's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. Previous research ...

MARS was not always the beaming red we’re so used to seeing in space. Scientists have revealed that it was actually a “blue ...

Scientists propose using ice as a building material for Mars habitats, offering protection from radiation while allowing ...

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...

If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh rays. One possible answer: great, glassy domes of ice. Mars is rich in ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...