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Scientists may find the best place for life on Mars

The most habitable region for life on Mars would have been up to several miles below its surface, likely due to subsurface melting of...

Scientists find most habitable region on Mars

The most habitable region for life on Mars would have been up to several miles below its surface, likely due to subsurface melting of...

Scientists discover ancient megaflood on Mars’ equator

In a new study, scientists find that floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years ago. This...

Ancient zircon minerals from Mars reveal the elusive internal structure of the red planet

The uranium-bearing mineral zircon is an abundant constituent of Earth's continental crust. It provides information about the age and origin of the continents and large...

Scientists find how water escaped Mars

Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost. University of Arizona researchers have discovered a surprisingly...

Clay subsoil at Earth’s driest place may signal life on Mars

Earth’s most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile’s dry...

Early Martian landscape probably looked like this image of Devon ice cap

Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers. Many valley networks scarring Mars's surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not...

Electrically charged dust storms could shed light on life on MARS

How’s the weather on Mars? Tough on rovers, but very good for generating and moving highly reactive chlorine compounds. New study shows that Martian dust storms,...

Ancient asteroid impacts created life ingredients on Earth and Mars

A new study reveals that asteroid impact sites in the ocean may possess a crucial link in explaining the formation of the essential molecules...

Scientists solve the mystery of lava-like flows on Mars

The mystery of some lava-like flows on Mars has been solved by scientists who say they are caused not by lava but by mud. There...