New research suggests that temperatures on ancient Mars may have fluctuated between hot and cold periods through a relatively ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for ...

Mars has northern and southern hemispheres like Earth, but their defining characteristics are markedly different, a ...

Groundbreaking research into Mars' energy balance reveals a polar surplus driving dynamic weather patterns, including massive ...

NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

“Unlike Earth’s seasons, Martian seasons are not of equal lengths due to Mars’ more elliptical orbit,” ESA said. A comparison image of the planet Mars revealed that a global dust storm ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

But returning the specimens to Earth, a feat that could ... is able to bring these samples back from Mars with significant cost and schedule saving compared to the previous plan,” Nelson said.