Could life exist below Mars’ ice? New study explores the possibility
A new NASA study suggests that life might be able to survive beneath the frozen ice on Mars.
While no direct evidence of life on...
How early Earth and Mars evolved from magma oceans to solid planets
Before Earth became the blue planet we know today, it was covered by a deep ocean of molten rock, or magma, that stretched hundreds...
NASA’s Curiosity rover uncovers clues about how Mars became uninhabitable
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring the Gale crater on Mars, uncovering new information about how the Red Planet went from being a place...
How did Mars become uninhabitable
Mars has captured our imagination for centuries.
Ever since the invention of the telescope our imagination has often drifted toward the possibility of life on...
Ancient life discovered in 2-billion-year-old rock: Could this unlock clues to life on Mars
Scientists have made an exciting discovery deep within a 2-billion-year-old rock from South Africa's Bushveld Igneous Complex.
They found living microbes sealed inside the rock,...
What does a Mars trip do to the brain?
It’s not long before a conversation about space travel is likely to turn to the impact on the human body.
Our bodies have evolved to...
Perseverance finds a strange black-and-white striped rock on Mars
The hits just keep on coming from the Mars Perseverance rover.
It’s exploring Jezero Crater on the Red Planet, looking for evidence of microbial life...
Mars’ missing atmosphere may be trapped in its clay-rich surface
Mars wasn’t always the cold, dry desert we see today. Billions of years ago, water flowed across its surface, indicating that the planet must...
Mars’ wobble could reveal the mystery of dark matter, finds study
In a fascinating new study, physicists from MIT propose that a small wobble in Mars' orbit might help solve one of the biggest mysteries...
Did Mars once have a third, larger moon
We are all familiar with our one Moon but other planets have different numbers of moons; Mercury has none, Jupiter has 95 and Mars...