When Mars was not a desert: White kaolinite fragments trace a humid planetary past

New kaolinite-rich rocks uncovered by NASA’s Perseverance rover suggest Mars once hosted warm, rainy environments that may ...

Evidence of rain-driven climate on Mars found in bleached rocks scattered in Jezero crater

Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of ...

NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to ...

First-ever mapping of large river systems on planet 'Mars' by scientists

Scientists mapped ancient Martian rivers and drainage basins, revealing past water flows and habitable environments of Mars’s climate and geological history.

What time is it on Mars? Physicists have the answer.

Ask someone on Earth for the time and they can give you an exact answer, thanks to our planet's intricate timekeeping system, ...
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Mars Was Habitable Longer Than We Thought, New Study Suggests

It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, and that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning that it was once ...
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New Mars images reveal hidden traces of a recent ice age

Mars’s Coloe Fossae reveals a landscape shaped by ancient ice ages, with deep valleys, cratered terrain, and frozen debris ...

Dynamic duo of bacteria could change Mars dust into versatile building material for first human colonists

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...