Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ...

A crater on Mars has a bright patch of ice. It's the second time in over a decade that the crater and ice has been observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona ...

NASA researchers have identified geological structures on Mars that are unlike anything found on Earth. From spider-like ...

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NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover discovered symmetric ripple marks at two separate spots within the Red Planet’s Gale Crater — offering strong evidence that Mars was flowed with open, liquid water.

As plans to have humans on Mars accelerate, NASA has outlined the risks, including space radiation, isolation and confinement, distance from Earth, gravity fields and hostile or closed environments.

Feb. 13, 2025 — Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to endure during lengthy missions to Mars and the Moon, a ... Temperamental Stars Are ...

Perseverance's drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team ...

To shield astronauts from dangerous space radiation, researchers are developing 3D-printed hydrogels—materials that absorb ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and ... New Paper Examines the ...

What do clouds on Mars look like? Well, a new video stitched together from images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover offers a glimpse. In this video, delicate red-and-green-tinted clouds are seen ...

Beautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead ...