Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...
New evidence of ancient rivers suggests Mars may have been a "blue planet," thanks to an ocean spanning its entire northern ...
The surface of Mars looks like an empty red wasteland. But if you look a bit closer, the remnants of an ancient alien civilization begin to take shape. At least, that's the conclusion of George J.
Mars is absolutely dripping with evidence that the red planet was once a striking blue, complete with glistening lakes, ...
Mars has a clear structure in its mantel, and its crust includes distinct reservoirs, scientists have said. Those are the findings from meteorites that originated 1.3 billion years ago on the red ...
Scientists have traced ancient Martian shorelines inside a giant canyon, revealing where a vast ocean once stood and why ...
Mars today is a frozen, dusty desert. But if you look deep inside Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system on Mars and in ...
New findings from NASA's Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface ...
"Marsquake" data collected by NASA's InSight lander have revealed dozens of mysterious blobs within the Red Planet's mantle. The structures may have been left by powerful impacts up to 4.5 billion ...
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have investigated how bacteria that can mould Martian soil into brick-like structures fare in the presence of perchlorate, a toxic ...