This pit crater making recent headlines may open into a larger cave that could provide a sheltered environment for both ...
As the Sun reaches the peak of its activity cycle, known as the solar maximum, Mars scientists have been eagerly awaiting the ...
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 ...
Morning frost has been spotted on volcanoes near Mars's equator for the first time, a part of the planet where it was thought ...
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 ...
Doubt has been cast on the possibility of a lake of liquid water buried beneath Mars' southern ice cap by new computer ...
Using meteorites that were long ago chipped off the red planet around 11 million years ago and flung into space to eventually ...
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 ...
The presence of a 12-mile long lake under the south pole of Mars was probably just a technology glitch, scientists have said, ...
Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...
When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...