Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ...

Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most dazzling and extreme geological features within our solar system ...

Explore the fascinating evolution of Mars atmosphere. Discover how it transformed, becoming trapped in its crust's clay ...

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact." ...

Martian clouds are almost always made of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. 95% of the planet's atmosphere is CO2.

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Since Dec. 7, Mars has been undergoing a retrograde (backward) motion and has shifted westward against the ...

These include reconfiguring the Artemis Program, a potential pivot toward Mars, an aging International Space Station, Mars Sample Return, a limited pipeline of science missions, and the likelihood ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and ... New Paper Examines the ...

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The Red Planet’s iconic rusty dust has a much wetter history than previously assumed. This is according to scientists who combined European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA spacecraft data with new ...

So, we decide to play interplanetary gardener and dump Earth's water on Mars. At first, it might seem like a surefire way to transform the Red Planet into a lush, watery paradise. But hold your horses ...