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

Led by the University of Bern, the study involved investing Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system on Mars.

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

For decades, the idea of people living on Mars has felt like a distant fantasy, limited by the brutal cost of hauling ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

W hile the northern hemisphere of Earth makes its way through winter, the southern hemisphere of Mars is reaching the end of spring, and as a result it is blooming, with patches of darkness blossoming ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover combined morning and afternoon images to create a festive Mars postcard, showing blue and yellow skies ...