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

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

New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...

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

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

NASA’s Perseverance Rover continues to revolutionize our understanding of Mars with groundbreaking discoveries that are as ...

The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover finds strange rock formations on Mars. These look like spiderwebs. The rover spots these on Mount Sharp. Scientists think these ...

The planet Mars is home to thick layers of clay that can span hundreds of feet. Since they need water to form, these outcrops have long been of interest to scientists looking for signs of past ...

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

Traditionally, Mars was thought to have been cold and dry, with only brief periods of melting ice creating short-lived rivers ...