Due to its rusty red appearance caused by iron oxide in its soil, Mars has always been known as the Red Planet. However, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

Scientists know quite a bit about the surface of Mars from robotic missions, but there are still many unexplored geologic ...

An unexpected detour revealed a treasure trove of blue boulders on the Red Planet in an ancient river channel.

WHAT looks like a grisly, sun-scorched human face has been found half-buried in the sand on Mars by Nasa’s Perseverance rover. An image taken by the rover in September shows a sandy face ...

If life exists on Mars, a creature would have to withstand radiation and have access to water. One potential niche fulfilling ...

We know that water exists on Mars. It’s frozen near the poles. However, other studies of the Red Planet have also tried to ...

"Some of these features are surprisingly dark compared with their icy surroundings, earning their nickname of 'cryptic ...

Photosynthetic habitable zones' could exist beneath radiation-filtering ice on Mars, offering scientists another region in ...

“Martian ice exposures are probably one of the most accessible places we should be looking” for life on the red planet, ...

Everybody from NASA to David Bowie has wondered if there’s life on Mars – and now we might have a precise place to look for ...

2024 — Mars was once a wet world. The geological record of the Red Planet shows evidence for water flowing on the surface -- from river deltas to valleys carved by massive flash floods.