The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of ...
By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When ...
DEADLY space radiation and rapid outbreaks of disease are just a few of the official Nasa dangers that visitors to Mars will face. The space agency holds a list of “five hazards of human ...
By Kenneth Chang Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface ... under control. The Mars Sample Return ...
The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, ...
The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, ...
Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' ...
Living on Mars will be no easy feat. Building viable living quarters would require an inflatable habitat that can be covered ...
The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for ...
They're small, each at some six millimeters (about a quarter inch) high. Preserved ripples on Mars' surface. Credit: Mondro et al. Science Advances, January 2025 More ripples observed by NASA's ...