By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's ...

They're not actual spiders, of course, but rather strange geological features.

The model Kite’s team built was unique in that it captured evolution of the Martian landscape and climate over an extremely ...

New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...

"As this type of technology develops, it's going to have spinoff benefits for sustainability technology here on Earth as well ...

Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...

Landing on Mars once felt like a distant dream. Now, space agencies have sent rovers and landers to explore the Red Planet for decades.

Mars is thought to currently have all the necessary ingredients for life except for perhaps the most important one: liquid water ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why Earth stayed warm and alive while Mars turned cold and dry. Both planets began ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.