Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars' barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...
They may resemble kidney beans, but formations on the northern hemisphere of Mars are actually sand dunes covered in carbon ...
A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...
A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...
NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs ...
NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...
We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to ...
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...
A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...