A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

Mars is thought to currently have all the necessary ingredients for life except for perhaps the most important one — liquid ...

The Mars rover captured images of low ridges called boxwork patterns, which appear like spiderwebs from space.

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

Before they take the long journey to another planet, humans will have to find the right place to land. New findings from a ...

NASA's Curiosity rover took this picture with its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), which is mounted on the end of the rover's ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

The Mars rover found geological formations in Gale Crater showing how water percolated beneath the surface, and ...

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute who explains why the Red Planet may hold answers about ...