Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...
Getting humans to Mars has been on the minds of leading scientists and engineers since the '50s, but for one reason or ...
This drift arises due to the Yarkovsky effect, a force generated when the sunlit surfaces of asteroids re-radiate the energy ...
Using meteorites that were long ago chipped off the red planet around 11 million years ago and flung into space to eventually ...
When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...
"The Gale lake environment, as revealed by these ancient rocks, gives us a window into a habitable environment." ...
Meteorites from Mars are helping researchers better understand the geology of the Red Planet — and the formation of Earth.
Scientists are searching for large underground lava tubes on Mars. As on the moon, these could provide refuge against cosmic ...
“Martian meteorites are the only physical materials we have available from Mars,” said James Day from UC San Diego, who led ...
NASA is actively working to return surface samples from Mars in the next few years, which they hope will help us better ...
NASA's Perseverance rover has a new Mars buddy after a rock got caught inside one of its wheels. The hitchhiker seems to be ...