One hundred kilograms of material designed to simulate Mars regolith, the dense, soil-like deposits present on the planet’s surface, arrived from Austin, Texas, at the Wageningen University ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way. Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped ...

This week, Elon Musk made the staggering claim that a city of one million people will be thriving on Mars within 30 years. Now, a leading scientist has warned that Musk's plan could prove disastrous.

Nasa cautioned that there is nothing to indicate the same is happening on Mars – but noted that it was an interesting and unexpected feature in the rock that could be an important find on the ...

NASA has been exploring Mars from afar for decades and over time all sorts of odd and unexpected sightings have been made. Today, the space agency is still looking for possible signs of alien life ...

Oct. 7, 2024 — NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life -- with ...

The Caltech team calculated how far down this habitable zone would be, based on the dust content and structure of the ice. If dust makes up more than about 1% of the ice, it would be too shaded ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered a treasure trove of diverse and intriguing rocks while exploring an ancient river channel on Mars, providing scientists with new insights into the Red ...

Like Earth, Mars was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, but its early surface was very different than today's. Mars' surface then had high rates of meteorite and asteroid impacts from the period ...

You can see Phobos' potato-like shape. Even Mars rovers like to chase solar eclipses. On Sept. 30, NASA's Perseverance rover turned its Left Mastcam-Z camera toward the sky and photographed a ...

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