If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it might still be frozen beneath the planet's icy surface.

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red ...

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s ...

The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic ...

The scene explaining the Rich Purnell Maneuver embodies the tone of the movie. Rich Purnell, an astrophysicist played by ...

Scientists have discovered what is causing sinuous gullies to form on Mars' southern sand dunes in the springtime, unlike any ...

For years, scientists believed carbon dioxide ice might play a role in shaping Mars’ surface. However, no one had ever ...

During that time, it has created the most comprehensive map of the Martian atmosphere and its chemical composition, examined ...

Dust devils form when the planet’s surface heats up, pushing hot air close to the ground rapidly up through cooler air above.

A new study reveals that Mars’ dust devils race across the planet at speeds up to 160 km/h, far exceeding earlier estimates.

How Ridley Scott's third sci-fi masterpiece proved there is life on Mars after all, by telling a deeply human, and oddly ...