Thin, seasonal ice may have protected ancient lakes on Mars, allowing liquid water to last for decades despite cold ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing.

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Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ...

China's Zhurong rover, part of the 2021 Tianwen-1 mission, has found the first clear signs of ancient beach deposits under ...

Learn how researchers were able to use a climate model to uncover information about water on ancient Mars.

Mars is a barren land, but many scientists believe it had warm and wet periods in its ancient past. The research, performed by geologists at the University of Colorado in Boulder, argues that our ...

Mars is no longer just a blank red canvas for planetary scientists. A new generation of high resolution maps is turning the ...

Mars had a vast ocean with ancient beaches, suggests data from China's Zhurong rover. (artist's Impression of a rover on the surface of Mars). Mars was once home to a vast ocean, complete with sandy ...

How much water did Mars have in its ancient past and when did it disappear? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters hopes to address as an international team of ...

Scientists have discovered the perfect vacation spot: it's sun-soaked, has sandy beaches, sports gentle waves lapping rhythmically on the shore. But hold off on grabbing the sun lotion, because ...