NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

New research suggests the atmosphere of Mars may be hiding in plain sight, having been absorbed by minerals in the Red Planet ...

Mars is fairly attractive as a potential future home for humanity. It’s solid, with firm land underfoot. It’s able to hang on to a little atmosphere, which is more than you can say about the moon.

There is no liquid water on Mars and the atmosphere is very thin. During one day, the temperature on Mars may range from 10 degrees C to -80 degrees C. The large changes in temperature produce ...

A new study may solve a central mystery of the planet’s 4.6-billion-year history. Despite increasing evidence that water flowed on Mars billions of years ago, scientists have been mystified by ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s orbiter around Mars has found that not only is Mars losing its atmosphere faster than Earth, but temperature changes in the upper atmosphere may also be ...

Lake beds like those explored by Nasa's Curiosity rover show water was present on the surface of Mars in the past. However, the planet's climate has since cooled due to its thin atmosphere ...

Or is that just the musings of science fiction? To live on Mars, humans will need liquid water, food, shelter and an ...

And the main reason is because of the radiation problem and Mars offers no natural protection against galactic cosmic rays. It has a thin atmosphere and no magnetosphere so humans who intend to ...

"The infrared spectrometer was a groundbreaking design of unprecedented sensitivity, mechanical stability, and environmental robustness, which enabled it to make the first chemical measurements of the ...