Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according ...

"We did the simplest thing that could be done — we just mapped them and pieced them together." ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

Despite being one of the most promising places to explore for signs of life, "special regions" and "uncertain regions" may be ...

The first global atlas of Martian watersheds reveals 16 huge ancient river systems that once shaped Mars and may hold clues ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

New research reveals that ancient Mars once hosted vast river drainage systems comparable in scale to some of Earth’s major ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a rock on Mars that may have once hosted microbial life.

A Mars rover has discovered strange, bleached rocks that suggest Mars may have once been wet and warm. Researchers at Purdue ...

Are we alone in the universe? This must be the deepest question in human history. Since its creation, NASA and other space agencies have invested billions of ...

Eight "skylights" may be entrances to underground spaces where evidence of ancient microbial organisms could be found.

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...