This pit crater making recent headlines may open into a larger cave that could provide a sheltered environment for both ...

Morning frost has been spotted on volcanoes near Mars's equator for the first time, a part of the planet where it was thought ...

Despite all this evidence, however, many in the planetary science community have been skeptical; the presence of liquid water ...

These results are important for understanding not only how Mars formed and evolved, but also for ... Earth-Like Environment ... on the surface of Mars may have been shorter than previously thought.

As the Sun reaches the peak of its activity cycle, known as the solar maximum, Mars scientists have been eagerly awaiting the ...

Although these asteroids come closer to Mars than the Earth CAPHAs do to our planet, they also travel more slowly. NASA missions may have already witnessed the effects of some of these asteroids ...

Potentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into the history of the Red Planet and the early solar system, new research suggests. Mars may face ...

Using meteorites that were long ago chipped off the red planet around 11 million years ago and flung into space to eventually ...

“Martian meteorites are the only physical materials we have available from Mars,” said James Day from UC San Diego, who led ...

The presence of a 12-mile long lake under the south pole of Mars was probably just a technology glitch, scientists have said, ...

When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...