It’s hard to form rocks like these without a lot of water,” said Dr. Briony Horgan, a planetary scientist and member of ...

The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

For decades, the search for life on Mars has been a story of hints and maybes, of chemical curiosities that stopped just ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

Models suggest that clear ice, sourced and distilled on Mars, could offer a feasible alternative for building stable ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has just captured proof of lightning in Mars, which appears to spawn in the whirlwinds that roam its surface.

Leading US scientists and engineers have published a 200-page report, "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars," ...

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to ski on another planet? Just think about how effortless it would be to link ...

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...