Amazing space image shows route of Mars rover as it treks across the Red Planet - The Curiosity rover is heading to a region ...

"Curiosity was captured in what is believed to be the first orbital image of the rover mid-drive across the Red Planet." ...

In part of Jezero Crater known as the Shenandoah formation, two generations of calcium sulfate minerals formed beneath the ...

This kind of radiation is extremely damaging, and is a serious threat to human plans for living on the red planet. But researchers writing in the journal IMA Fungus say they reckon lichens could ...

Scientists have known for a while that Mars currently lacks a magnetic field, and many blame that for its paltry atmosphere – ...

Now, experts have unearthed evidence that the Red Planet was once habitable. Scientists have found carbon residue in Martian rocks, indicating that an ancient carbon cycle existed. And it means ...

A NASA rover taking rock samples on Mars has uncovered a plentiful mineral that was invisible to orbiters studying the Red Planet from space. Scientists say the discovery of siderite, a type of ...

The planet's once-strong magnetic field appears to have been limited to its southern hemisphere, the apparent result of a fully liquid inner core that differs from that of Earth ...

That may sound a little dry at first, but in reality this find could be a major piece of the puzzle in our search for ancient life on the Red Planet. "It tells us that the planet was habitable and ...

Their goal is to study the planet's volcanic and hydrological history, looking for indicators that Mars might have once been habitable. Through their research, the team has discovered two types of ...

NASA's fourth Mars rover has found large carbon deposits within carbonate minerals, suggesting that both liquid water and an Earth-like carbon cycle once existed on the Red Planet. Further ...

Comparing their findings to actual data from Mars taken by Nasa spacecrafts, the researchers found that simulations with rainfall lined up more closely with the real Red Planet. They cautioned ...