The thin air of Mars has long been treated as a problem to be solved, a hostile mix of carbon dioxide and dust that stands ...

For years, Mars seemed like a dry, airless world but new images from orbiters and rovers reveal a thin, dynamic atmosphere.

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

Scientists haven't heard from the MAVEN orbiter since December 6. It had been studying the Martian atmosphere for over a decade ...

(NEW YORK) — Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its ...

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Advances in technology have reopened the debate over terraforming Mars, shifting it from an impossible dream to a long-term scientific and ethical question.

However, the research from a Strathclyde University academic found that ice located beneath the surface of Mars would provide ...

A Mars spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been AWOL. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact ...

(Nanowerk News) An international team in which the University of the Basque Country (EHU) scientists Ricardo Hueso and Agustín Sánchez- Lavega are collaborating has discovered electrical discharges in ...

If there ever was life on Mars—and that's a huge "if"—conditions during the planet's infancy most likely would have supported it, according to a study led by University of Arizona researchers. NASA's ...