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Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rovers. However, there remains a concern in the ...

A new study using high-resolution images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed striking surface patterns on Mars that resemble the effects of paint dripping down a wall—a ...

Mars is often associated with its iconic red hue, a color that evokes visions of a harsh and uninhabitable desert landscape. However, a new high-resolution satellite image from theEuropean Space ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we drove 30 minutes in our rented truck ...

Until recently, Mars was studied only through telescopes and some data that was recorded from early spacecraft. It was thought that Mars' polar regions were the only significant reservoirs of ice, ...

Mars, the cold and lifeless neighbor to Earth, might seem like an unlikely candidate for beauty. But the planet has something truly strange to offer: mysterious geysers and intricate, spider-shaped ...