A collection of rocks scattered on an ancient shoreline on Mars might indicate that the Red Planet was once far more Earth-like than scientists previously thought. The rocks, discovered by NASA's ...
Mars polar ice caps were one of the first Earth-like characteristics identified on Mars. Since the development of film in the ...
This pit crater making recent headlines may open into a larger cave that could provide a sheltered environment for both ...
Mars may face more than twice as many close encounters with potentially dangerous asteroids as Earth does, according to a new ...
"Its existence here is exciting, and hints that there are exceptional processes at play that are allowing frost to form." ...
May 31, 2024 — Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust with discernible reservoirs, and this is known thanks to meteorites that scientists have analyzed. These results are ...
Mars may face more than twice as many close encounters with potentially dangerous asteroids as Earth does, according to a new study. This could imperil exploratory missions to the Red Planet, but ...
Potentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into the history of the Red Planet and the early solar system, new research suggests. Mars may face ...
Doubt has been cast on the possibility of a lake of liquid water buried beneath Mars' southern ice cap by new computer ...
Stereo imaging will be an important tool on NEAR for geologic analysis of Eros, because it provides three-dimensional information on the asteroid's landforms and structures. This anaglyph can be ...
Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...