"The Gale lake environment, as revealed by these ancient rocks, gives us a window into a habitable environment." ...
Mars may face more than twice as many close encounters with potentially dangerous asteroids as Earth does, according to a new ...
Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...
When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...
Perseverance will stay on Mars forever, but the majority of its carefully packaged samples are meant to return to Earth. The ...
An unexpected tool is giving us new insight into the fine structure of the outer layers of Mars. Using meteorites that were ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — A deeply eroded giant volcano, active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base, had been hiding near Mars' equator in plain sight.
Mars, a planet often associated with a lifeless, dusty expanse, holds a puzzling amount of organic matter on its surface.
Meteorites from Mars are helping researchers better understand the geology of the Red Planet — and the formation of Earth.
In the following excerpt from his book, Shindell looks back at the accomplishments of the past 20 years, when NASA’s plucky ...
People might assume the search for life on Mars ended when NASA's first rovers sent back images of the planet's barren, ...