Mars is often described as silent, barren, and still. But beneath its dusty surface and cold skies, something unusual has ...

It seems like we hear big news about Mars almost every day, even though the planet’s only known inhabitants are our trusty rover friends. It’s red and dusty now, but scientists know it had water ...

The surface of Mars is covered in faults and scars which show that the planet was once tectonically active, with activity beneath the surface that formed structures like valleys and trenches. But most ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded sounds from Mars dust devils and revealed tiny electric sparks shaping the planet’s ...

If liquid water indeed exists under the south polar ice cap of Mars, it has to be due to volcanic activity, a new study suggests. The researchers behind the new work argued that there needs to be an ...

For centuries after Galileo made the first observations of Mars in 1610, the planet appeared to our Earth eyes as a quiet, dusty, and ultimately, dead planet. One piece of evidence for this activity ...