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

NASA study suggests that sunlight penetrating ice on Mars could support photosynthesis and possibly microbial life.

A new study found there is potential for photosynthesis on Mars, where snow and ice shields ultraviolet radiation at mid-latitudes.

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

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

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way.

New NASA research suggests that microbes could thrive in meltwater beneath Mars’ frozen surface, offering a potential habitat ...

People have spotted a human face buried in the dusty surface of Mars. An image sent back from the Perseverance rover has ...

"Unlike Earth, Mars lacks a protective ozone shield, so there is 30 percent more harmful ultraviolet radiation at the surface ...

January 2022 A dust storm nearly twice the size of the United States blankets Mars's southern hemisphere, reducing sunlight ...

For years, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — a spacecraft circling the Red Planet — has seen white material lining dry ...

The study, which is published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, focused on water ice formed from ancient snow ...