A sliver of Martian rock that once lay hidden in a university drawer has helped researchers better understand the Red ...

A NASA helicopter that took photos of a wreckage on the surface of Mars actually captured the debris of another spacecraft.

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

A rising star cut down by a faulty gear shift, a possible victim of the "Poltergeist" curse, and a plane crash that launched ...

Richard Allen has been found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of felony murder in the highly publicized Delphi ...

David Bowie famously pondered whether there is life on Mars – and we might be one step closer to answering that question. Enough water to cover the surface of Mars has been discovered within the ...

New research from the University of Arizona suggests an unexpected connection between the Lower Colorado River Basin and the surface of Mars, offering a potential window into the ancient climate ...

The conditions needed for photosynthesis to occur on Mars could exist beneath the surface of dusty ice at the Red Planet’s mid-latitudes, new research suggests. Photosynthesis is the process by ...

so liquid water can pool on the surface. In the context of Mars, a habitable zone for photosynthesizing microbes could exist beneath a certain amount of ice. Too shallow and the strong ultraviolet ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way. Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped ...

In 2022 the Ingenuity Helicopter captured images of debris on the surface of Mars during one of the NASA machine's 72 flights ...

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