Scientists discover Mars’ icy past through soil analysis
The question of whether Mars ever supported life has fascinated scientists and the public for decades.
To uncover this mystery, it's crucial to understand Mars'...
NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers yellow sulfur crystals on Mars
Scientists were astonished on May 30 when NASA's Curiosity rover uncovered something never seen before on Mars: bright yellow sulfur crystals inside a rock...
Meteorites hit Mars almost every day, scientists discover
Scientists have made an exciting discovery about Mars: basketball-sized meteorites hit the planet nearly every day!
Using data from a seismometer deployed during NASA's InSight...
Basketball-sized meteorites strike the surface of Mars every day
NASA’s InSight Mars Lander faced some challenges during its time on the red planet’s surface.
Its mole instrument struggled to penetrate the compacted Martian soil,...
Mars hit by space rocks more often than previously thought
NASA's Mars InSight Lander may be retired, but its data is still revealing new insights.
A team of scientists, led by Brown University, found that...
NASA’s Perseverance rover finds ‘popcorn’ rocks on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered some strange, "popcorn"-like rocks on Mars. After months of driving, the rover has arrived at a place called "Bright...
Marsquakes: A new way to find underground water on Mars
Scientists from Penn State University have found an exciting new way to search for water deep below the surface of Mars.
Instead of using traditional...
Fish could turn regolith into fertile soil on Mars
What a wonderful arguably simple solution. Here’s the problem, we travel to Mars but how do we feed ourselves?
Sure we can take a load...
Scientists discover water frost on Mars’ tallest volcanoes
Scientists have found patches of water frost on Mars' tallest volcanoes, known as the Tharsis volcanoes.
This discovery challenges previous ideas about the Martian climate...
Scientists discover new insights into Mars’ structure from meteorites
Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have uncovered new information about the structure of Mars by studying meteorites that...