The quest for extraterrestrial life remains a cornerstone of space exploration. In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA has ...

The interior of Mars is as chunky as a delicious macadamia cookie. A new analysis of the acoustic waves that ripple through and bounce around the red planet's guts reveals that the ancient, early ...

This 280-kilometer diameter crater center has experienced a long history of water activity. Within the crater is a heavily faulted and fractured terrain called Aram Chaos that consists of darker ...

ESA’s Mars Express has imaged an area to the south of the famed Valles Marineris canyon on the Red Planet, showing a wide range of tectonic and impact features. On 17 April, the orbiter pointed its ...

A chemical and geological discovery in Jezero Crater could change the search for life on the Red Planet, but confirmation ...

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle ...

Over recent decades, Mars has emerged as a natural laboratory for studying planetary evolution, geomorphology and the interplay between geology and hydrology. In‐situ observations and advanced remote ...

New data is challenging what scientists previously knew about one of the youngest geological features on the Red Planet. That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic ...

However, seismic anomalies detected on Mars by the InSight mission reveal that the mantle is far from smooth and contains ...

NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will take about six to seven months each way and will cover up to 250 million miles (402 million ...

A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars. Led by NASA and featuring key ...

The Martian surface presents a complex record of geological processes that have spanned billions of years. The planet’s topography reveals evidence of volcanic activity, impact cratering, fluvial ...