Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the ...

Earth may now be home to the most glorious beaches in the solar system , but 3 billion years ago, it may have been Mars that ...

The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: what if the same thing happened ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

NASA’s Europa Clipper is using Mars and Earth’s gravity to travel efficiently to Jupiter. The spacecraft will study Europa’s ...

Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.

Scientists found fossil-like traces in gypsum, suggesting ancient microbial life may have existed on Mars billions of years ...

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made ...

A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been ...

Seen as showing promising potential in future Mars science work, the UAV can take off at any time, traverse obstacles, and ...

Mars may have once had a vast, ice-free ocean, according to new evidence from China’s Zhurong rover. Using ground-penetrating ...