Mars has long captured humanity’s imagination, especially given the tantalizing evidence of ancient river valleys and ...

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

Perseverance cracked open a tricky Mars rock to find water-related minerals, then zoomed across the landscape to make its ...

In a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists say mineral-rich layers of clay on Mars were once ideal ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered carbonate-rich rocks on Mars, offering insights into the planet's past and possibly explaining why life has never been found there.

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

Mars, a planet once capable of sustaining liquid water and harboring flowing rivers, today stands as a frozen desert. For ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.