The idea of leaving our home planet has always sent a tremor through the collective human spirit. Imagine standing under a ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered a missing piece in the puzzle of Mars' past atmosphere. Scientists discovered ...

“The discovery of abundant siderite in Gale Crater represents both a surprising and important breakthrough in our ...

Here’s the latest dirt on Mars. NASA’s trusty Curiosity rover, which has been exploring the so-called red planet for years, ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs ...

Perseverance has collected samples of five rocks, performed detailed analysis on seven others, and zapped an additional 83 ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery ...

Mars is back on the agenda. During his address to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump said the ...

But the rover has been exploring the red planet since 2021, and it’s been carefully amassing a rock collection that could change our understanding of Mars’ history, how it compares to our own ...

Twenty years ago, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched Mars Express to explore the Red Planet. Since then, scientists have gathered an immense collection of data, enabling them to learn more about ...

THERE are lots of ideas on how humans can terraform Mars, and turn the dusty, radioactive Red Planet into something habitable. Scientists have suggested we start with Antarctic desert moss ...