One hundred kilograms of material designed to simulate Mars regolith, the dense, soil-like deposits present on the planet’s surface, arrived from Austin, Texas, at the Wageningen University ...

Oct. 7, 2024 — NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life -- with ...

Mars, once a planet teeming with vast amounts of water, is now a dry, desolate landscape. The evidence for this ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way. Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped ...

The Caltech team calculated how far down this habitable zone would be, based on the dust content and structure of the ice. If dust makes up more than about 1% of the ice, it would be too shaded ...

The conditions needed for photosynthesis to occur on Mars could exist beneath the surface of dusty ice at the Red Planet’s mid-latitudes, new research suggests. Photosynthesis is the process by ...

Like Earth, Mars was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, but its early surface was very different than today's. Mars' surface then had high rates of meteorite and asteroid impacts from the period ...

Need a new city break destination for your next holiday? Mars could be your answer. Yes, really. A truthseeker claimed this week to have discovered the ‘clearest example yet’ of a Martian city.

Upcoming feature film “Flavia,” a family adventure about a precocious young detective, has sold across Europe, including to Sky in the U.K. The film, which features “The Hobbit” star ...

We explore how long it takes to get to Mars and the factors that affect a journey to the Red Planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

It’s a Strictly first – icons week! Brace yourself for homages to legendary performers from Whitney Houston to The Beatles ...