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

In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA’s rover discoveries may change everything we thought we knew about thehistory of Mars.

A discovery made by a NASA rover has offered a clue for this mystery, new research said Wednesday, suggesting that while ...

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

The BriefPresident Trump’s proposed NASA budget redirects focus from moon missions to Mars exploration.Central Florida ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

“Mars is exciting, and still may have signs of life,” Andrew Steele, a Carnegie Institution staff scientist who has investigated the Mars rock, said in a statement at the time.

The agency’s Mars 2020 rover, set to launch next summer, will be the first to collect samples of Martian material to send back to Earth.But if scientists discover biosignatures of life in Mars ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

To put pieces of Mars in the hands of scientists will require a lander to retrieve the samples; a probe to bring them home; and then an ultra-secure storage facility that will keep Earth life from ...