Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

This unexpected discovery suggests that Mars may have once possessed the chemical building blocks necessary for life. The finding, made using a new heating method on a previously studied sample ...

WASHINGTON — A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU. A new study has uncovered fascinating details about Mars’s volcanic past—and its potential to support life long ago. The research, published in Science Advances ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to feed hundreds of lakes. A new study from geologists at the University of ...

SpaceX aims for Starship to reach Mars by the end of next year, potentially paving the way for human missions as early as 2029, though 2031 is considered more realistic. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX ...

This photo was selected by public vote and featured as "Image of the Week" for Week 218 (April 13 - 19, 2025) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars.

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.