Over recent decades, Mars has emerged as a natural laboratory for studying planetary evolution, geomorphology and the interplay between geology and hydrology. In‐situ observations and advanced remote ...

At first glance, Mars might seem rather different from our own planet. Mars is dry, with little atmosphere, and no liquid water on its surface. It is half the size of Earth, lacks a planetary magnetic ...

One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado’s grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s. Scientists have ideas about how it took ...

Billions of years ago, water flowed across Mars. Most scientists agree the red planet had rivers. But did those rivers flow into an ocean? New research from the University of Arkansas found strong ...

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years ago. This finding hints at the possibility that life may have existed there, according to data ...

The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft captured a stunning new view of the Red Planet's complex surface geology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars' craters come from ancient collisions during the formation of the solar system. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/Arizona ...

NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will take about six to seven months each way and will cover up to 250 million miles (402 million ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to feed hundreds of lakes. Water is ubiquitous on Earth—about 70% of Earth's ...

Mars' craters come from ancient collisions during the formation of the solar system. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/Arizona State University via AP NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round ...