Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

As a civilization, we currently just don't have the industrial might to make terraforming a reality.

The way this document is written suggests that when NASA scores bidders for the Mars Telecommunications Network, the addition ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

Humans could have come from Mars, scientists have said. A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes ...

A potential new mineral on Mars forms when iron sulfates are heated above 100°C. Data from Valles Marineris regions suggest ...

Mars, with its rust-hued surface, is known as the red planet for a reason. Along the way, Curiosity has made some extraordinary finds and captured some stunning vistas. The latest came in November ...

Spiderweb-shaped rock patterns on Mars may rewrite the timeline of when water disappeared from the Red Planet.

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In July of 2020, NASA engineers sent a rover named Perseverance hurtling into space. And ...