The results will be worth the effort and the cost, not just in understanding the world around us in general but also in determining if there has ever been life on Mars. Dr. Bruce Jakosky has been ...

Mars was once rich with flowing water. Today, it's a cold, dusty desert marked by dried riverbeds and empty lake basins. Traces of ancient streams wind across its surface, hinting at a time when ...

“This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future astronauts on Mars’ surface." NASA's Perseverance rover just made ...

In March 2024, for the first time, scientists observed a visible green aurora on Mars. Although scientists had already detected many different types of auroras on Mars, they had all appeared at ...

Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the Red Planet: a vast reservoir of liquid water, locked deep in the crust.

Was Mars a friendly planet for water, even life, in its ancient past? Huge channel networks run across its surface. Rocks show signs of water immersion. Yet pictures sent back from NASA's ...

There might be a hidden ocean's worth of liquid water below the surface of Mars, seismic evidence suggests. According to a new paper published April 25 in the journal National Science Review ...

All evidence points to Mars having had a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere billions of years ago, but insufficient carbonates in Martian soil challenge this theory. Now, a new study using data from ...

Recent observations of Mars and Jupiter have now given scientists unprecedented views of these extraterrestrial aurorae that will help improve our understanding of other planets’ magnetic fields ...

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - NASA's Perseverance rover has observed an aurora on Mars in visible light for the first time, with the sky glowing softly in green in the first viewing of an aurora ...

A view of the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars on May 11, 2025. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) It is currently late autumn in Gale Crater, the region of Mars where Curiosity is exploring, meaning even ...

Mercury square Mars on May 18 will demand a balance between patience and passion Prepare for sparks to fly, and not necessarily the good kind! On May 18, Mercury in Taurus will face off with Mars ...