We've known about wind on Mars for decades, but thanks to new research from a Swiss team, we have a better idea of just how ...

A climate change theory for Earth can be applied to Mars and possibly to other Earth-like planets, report a Brown geoscientist and two colleagues in the Sept. 26 issue of Nature. Orbital forcing of ...

If life exists on alien worlds, scientists expect that the worlds in question would have certain basic properties. There would be carbon, an element essential to the creation of organic molecules. The ...

New high-resolution images of mid-latitude Mars are revealing glacier-formed landscapes far from the Martian poles, says a leading Mars researcher. Conspicuous trains of debris in valleys, arcs of ...

If you suddenly found yourself standing on the surface of Mars, it would feel like you’d been transported into a dusty space western. The arid soil lays a rocky palette of red powder across the ...

A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA's Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars's past to a time some 3.7 ...

A NASA study shows bacteria fragments can survive 50 million years in Martian ice. Pure ice, not rock, could hold clues to life beyond Earth.

Imagine a common item in your kitchen pantry, one that you use almost daily, surviving on the harsh surface of Mars. This ...

The findings may redefine the known boundaries of life on Earth and offer a model for what microbial life might look like on Mars or other arid planets. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the ...