The area containing the clay-bearing mounds is geologically connected to Oxia Planum, which is where Rosalind Franklin will ...

Life on Mars is a dream long held – and not just for David Bowie. The idea of settling on the Red Planet has been around for ...

One of the Red Planet’s features is known as the Martian dichotomy, which describes the sharp contrast between its southern ...

The new work suggests that the edge of the dichotomy was eroded back by hundreds of kilometers during the time when an ocean ...

with “the primary objective of searching for evidence of past life on Mars.” Allwood’s job is to examine the chemical composition of the red planet for evidence of ancient microbes.

The spacecraft compiled the most complete map of the chemical composition of Mars’ atmosphere, observed the planet’s moons Phobos and Deimos in detail, and traced the history of water across ...

The blue rocks, distinct in mineral composition, suggest geological processes or historical water activity, raising questions about Mars' history and the potential for life. The discovery of blue ...