Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

Understanding how air moves across a planet is key to predicting its weather and climate. On Earth, these patterns shape everything from storms to seasonal changes. A new study now reveals how air ...

By recreating the dust, scientists were able to compare the ... of the history of Mars. Samples have been collected NASA’s Perseverance rover and when it returns to Earth, they will be examined ...

In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...

As astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams acclimatize to Earth, the effects of being stranded in space for nine months, ...

Then, the scientists compared the lab data with spacecraft ... solve this puzzle would be to get a sample of Mars dust into our labs back on Earth.” ...

The color red and the planet Mars go together like Earth and its oceans or Saturn ... spacecraft will use in order to make a direct comparison. This pinpointed ferrihydrite as the best match.

Fluid-rock interactions on ancient Mars may have produced abundant magnetic minerals that preserved unusually intense records ...

What happened to NASA astronaut Scott Kelly after spending a year in space while twin brother Mark, also an astronaut, ...

When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks on Mars, do these fractures follow a hidden geometric script? Could similar ...

Mars may once have held enough water to fill oceans and form coastlines. The planet’s red dust contains water and likely formed in cold conditions.