If there is life on Mars (or if there was long ago) it may not lie buried in the planet’s rocky crust. Instead, it might be ...

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

But a mysterious feature made astronomers consider a parallel with the Dune planet, gullies carved in Martian sands looked dug by giant sandworms. Is Shai-Hulud behind the Martian mystery? Of course, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has just delivered an extraordinary image of Mars, offering a stunning panoramic view that is the clearest ever captured. The photograph, created by stitching together 96 ...

Mars’ north polar vortex locks its atmosphere in extreme cold and darkness, freezing out water vapor and triggering a ...

"In spring, this ice begins to warm up and sublimate. The last remnants of this ice are located on the shaded side of the ...

A team of Indian researchers has discovered that baker’s yeast can survive extreme Martian-like conditions involving high-intensity shock waves and toxic perchlorate salts. Baker’s yeast ...

Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...

"Though our Mars orbiters continue to make impressive contributions to Mars science, it's always extra exciting to see them responding to unexpected situations like this one." ...

The Mullard Space Science Laboratory, sited in a Victorian mansion in 30 acres (12 hectares) in the Surrey Hills, was founded ...

"We have found a habitable environment," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the Curiosity mission. "The water that was here was so benign and supportive of life that if a ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...