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

Could microbes endure just beneath the surface of Mars, in exposed layers of dusty ice? Scientists say such places are worth ...

Like Earth, Mars was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, but its early surface was very different than today's. Mars' surface ...

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

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.

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

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

We believe that dusty Martian ice exposures in the mid-latitudes represent the most easily accessible places to search for Martian life today.' ...

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface.

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

Blue boulders have been seen on the surface of Mars in a vast crater believed to have been created by an asteroid.