Mars
Mars Had an Ancient Asteroid Impact Like the One That Killed the Dinosaurs, Scientists Discover
The findings mean NASA may have stumbled upon signs of alien life on its first trip to Mars in 1976.
NASA Mars Rover Finds ‘Very, Very Strange Chemistry’ and Ingredients for Life
A trio of new studies using data from NASA's Perseverence rover confirm that Jezero Crater on Mars was once habitable.
An Impact That Rippled the Surface of Mars Has Deepened a Major Mystery
"Before these events, surface waves had not been unambiguously identified on any terrestrial planet other than Earth."
Mars ‘Very Likely’ Hosted Subterranean Alien Life, And May Still, Scientists Say
Organisms called "methanogens" likely lived in underground lairs on Mars billions of years ago, a new study says, and they may still exist.
NASA Has Found Ingredients for Life in ‘Every Target That We've Observed’ on Mars
Organic molecules may be biosignatures—signs of alien life—and Mars is seemingly littered with them.
Scientists Hail ‘New Era’ in Search for Life on Mars as Number of Ancient Lakes Vastly Underestimated
If we visited more "everyday" parts of Mars, and not just the most unusual, we would find tons of "paleolakes" that may hold signs of life, a new study says.
Small Device Currently on Mars Is Generating as Much Oxygen as a Tree, Scientists Reveal
The MOXIE experiment has proven that a lunchbox-sized device can reliably produce oxygen from the Martian atmosphere.
Mars Is ‘Irrelevant to Us’ If Earth Is Doomed, Author of Legendary Mars Trilogy Says
Kim Stanley Robertson wrote an optimistic trilogy about humans living on Mars, but in 2022 Earth is way too messed up.
Incredible Images Show What’s Inside the Biggest Canyon in the Solar System
European orbiter captures Mars’ epic Valles Marineris, which is roughly the diameter of the continental U.S.
NASA Rover Discovers Weird Clump of String on Mars
Perseverance has found yet another piece of its own spacecraft on Mars.
We May Have to Excavate Mars to Find Alien Life, NASA Says
Cosmic rays likely annihilate amino acids within two meters of the red planet’s surface, according to a first-of-its-kind experiment.
New Documents Detail Harrowing Crisis in Which Workers Were Trapped in Chocolate Sludge
One man in a Pennsylvania M&M Mars factory “did not have work boots on and was able to slip out of his shoes before the chocolate liquor hardened.”