The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins ...

Like the Earth, Mars had a magnetic field surrounding it — the "dynamo." Mars' dynamo was "driven by convection within the planet's iron core much like Earth's," and "could shield the surface ...

Martian dust might look harmless from millions of miles away, but up close, it could pose a serious threat to your health. As ...

American space agency NASA has begun studying the five samples of spacesuit material it sent over the Mars on the ...

Trump aims to send a crew to Mars by the end of his term, which Musk calls 'doable.' Astronauts question the time frame but said a flight would soon be possible ...

"Take Mars as an example. We don't understand yet why (Mars' magnetic field) ceased to exist in the past." Devika Rao has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022, covering science ...

While Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field protect the planet from these solar events, Mars has no such protection. But the sun's solar particles could be a boon for studies of — and travel to ...

Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by ...