Researchers are creating advanced simulations that will provide a deeper understanding of Mars's climatic history and help to determine whether it was once able to sustain life. An international team ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be launching the Martian Moons eXploration mission next year, which should ...

Billions of years ago, Mars was warm, wet, and capable of sustaining liquid water on its surface. Scientists have long believed the Red Planet once had a dense atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide (CO₂), ...

Was Mars a dry and cold planet billions of years ago like we see today, or was it warmer, wetter, and possibly having the conditions for life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it’s telling us something about what the planet’s ...

Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving life a longer window to take hold on the Red Planet. When you purchase ...

NASA teams are working to restore contact with one of its most advanced interplanetary satellites. MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in ...

The College of Science is offering a virtual Discover Science Lecture Series experience amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual Discover Science at Home lectures feature leading scientists in the ...

Pyrrhae Fossae (PyFo) on Mars is a palaeo-extensional tectonic feature preserved within a Noachian basement in the north-western Noachis Terra (NT). We have tried to understand the possible origin of ...