If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

Mars’s signature red hue may not be due to hematite, as previously believed, but rather to ferrihydrite — an iron oxide that requires water to form. Using a combination of spacecraft data and ...

LE MARS, I.A. (Dakota News Now) - Le Mars Fire Rescue responded to a dog kennel fire near Le Mars early Tuesday. Crews were ...

A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...

Mars' atmosphere moves differently from Earth's due to gravity waves. These waves affect air circulation at high altitudes.

This in turn suggests that the ferrihydrite “formed during a cold, wet period on early Mars under oxidative conditions, followed by a transition to the current hyper-arid environment.” ...

March's full moon, known as the Worm Moon, will bring a stunning total lunar eclipse, turning the Moon a deep reddish hue in ...

A spectacle for stargazers to admire will take place in the night sky this evening, March 8. Mars will have a close encounter ...

Vincent Chevrier, associate research professor at the University of Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, is part ...

The findings reveal details about conditions on Mars when the planet last contained large volumes of liquid water more than 3 billion years ago. “Early Mars has historically been thought of as ...