The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

"Past climates with surface and shallow-subsurface liquid water are recorded by Mars's sedimentary rocks, including strata in the approximately 4-kilometer-thick [circa 2.5 miles thick] record at Gale ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Earth planning date: Monday, June 30, ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

Mars is thought to currently have all the necessary ingredients for life except for perhaps the most important one: liquid ...

Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, ...

UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has been capturing images of Mars as scientists continue to study the planet's structures and surface.Curiosity's goal as it travels across Mars is to look for unique signs of ...

UCF Professor Ramses Ramirez believes human exploration can greatly accelerate the search for life. "A human can react ...