Mars, long painted as a frozen desert, is starting to look more like a planet that once knew the feel of warm rain and ...

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Enough water to cover the surface of Mars has been discovered within the crust of the Red Planet by NASA's InSight mission. The ocean is buried between one and two kilometers (0.62 and 1.24 miles) ...

Long before Mars turned into the frozen desert you see today, water shaped its surface in dramatic ways. Rivers cut through ...

NASA's Perseverance rover found rocks on Mars that on Earth usually form in tropical environments. That Mars once hosted ...

What can mapped drainage systems on Mars teach scientists about the red planet's watery past? This is what a recent study ...

Skylights, openings in the surface of Mars that descend down into caves, have been found on Mars, along with signatures for ...

It's clear that Mars once gushed with water. Today, aerial views of the Red Planet's Jezero crater (shown below) reveal that water once poured into this basin, leaving behind telltale signs of rivers, ...

Data has revealed evidence of an underground reservoir of water deep beneath the surface of Mars. Scientists say the water is believed to be seven miles to 12 miles down in the Martian crust. The ...

Near-surface water ice could supply essential resources for future human exploration on the Red Planet. Before sending people ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests. The findings released Monday ...

Mars' irradiated surface is a godforsaken place. And yet there may be shallow pools of water near the Martian surface, a place 1,000 times drier than the driest desert on Earth. NASA's Mars ...