We were pretty sure even before the first lander grounded on Mars that the red colour of the planet is due to a lot of iron ...

The idea of terraforming Mars—essentially reshaping the planet to support Earth life—has captured imaginations for decades.

The researchers posit that the volcano could have supported conditions favorable for life in the once-watery Jezero crater.

NASA's Perseverance rover regularly images a Sherlock Holmes–themed maze to calibrate its chemical-hunting SHERLOC instrument ...

The fact that these carbon and oxygen isotope values are higher than anything else measured on Earth or Mars points towards a ...

NASA’s Mars Odyssey captured a stunning sunrise view of Arsia Mons, revealing water-ice clouds and offering insights into ...

After nearly four years of relentless exploration, NASA’s InSight mission has uncovered groundbreaking revelations about Mars ...

Strange, dark streaks on Martian slopes that once hinted at flowing water are now believed to be dry dust slides, revealed ...

As for today, the environments on Mars that could potentially support life are few and far between, and it's all about ...

Was Mars a friendly planet for water, even life, in its ancient past? Huge channel networks run across its surface. Rocks show signs of water immersion. Yet pictures sent back from NASA's ...

Today, Mars is very cold and dry, with little atmosphere and no liquid water on the surface − traits that make it a hostile environment for life. But some observations suggest that ancient Mars ...

as part of the Mars 2020 mission's search for signs of ancient microbial life on the red planet. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and soil ...