A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

"The detection of life on Mars is a persistent top priority for explorers of many disciplines, and it is the top science ...

A Mars rover has discovered strange, bleached rocks that suggest Mars may have once been wet and warm. Researchers at Purdue ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

A new report published Tuesday, titled “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars,” represents the answer from ...

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One mission would involve a full 300 sols on the Red Planet, with the goal of finding extinct or current life on Mars. But ...

New research reveals that ancient Mars once hosted vast river drainage systems comparable in scale to some of Earth’s major ...

Long before Mars turned into the frozen desert you see today, water shaped its surface in dramatic ways. Rivers cut through ...

Skylights, openings in the surface of Mars that descend down into caves, have been found on Mars, along with signatures for the presence of water ice.

Scientists have discovered living microbes producing methane in the fractured rocks deep inside Sweden's Siljan impact crater ...

Eight "skylights" may be entrances to underground spaces where evidence of ancient microbial organisms could be found.