"The detection of life on Mars is a persistent top priority for explorers of many disciplines, and it is the top science ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

A new study released by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has set the stage for future human ...

A Mars rover has discovered strange, bleached rocks that suggest Mars may have once been wet and warm. Researchers at Purdue ...

Despite being one of the most promising places to explore for signs of life, "special regions" and "uncertain regions" may be ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on ...

Are we alone in the universe? This must be the deepest question in human history. Since its creation, NASA and other space agencies have invested billions of ...

New research reveals that ancient Mars once hosted vast river drainage systems comparable in scale to some of Earth’s major ...

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...

The first global atlas of Martian watersheds reveals 16 huge ancient river systems that once shaped Mars and may hold clues ...