New data is challenging what scientists previously knew about one of the youngest geological features on the Red Planet. That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Debris from ancient volcanic eruptions on Mars could ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too ...

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of atmospheric sputtering on Mars, revealing how solar wind has eroded the planet's atmosphere over four billion years, turning a ...

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

Frigid water helped paint Mars red and may have shaped a vast coastline, two new studies into the planet’s history reveal. Scientists have detected a possible ancient beach in Mars’ northern ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars landings: ...

Scientists have traced ancient Martian shorelines inside a giant canyon, revealing where a vast ocean once stood and why ...

A simulated view of Mars as it would be seen from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft (Unsplash via NASA) (CN) — Scientists have discovered the longest organic molecules ever found on Mars — carbon ...