Thinking about food systems in deep space likely brings to mind something like The Martian where an astronaut is scratching ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

Mars gets its red color from oxidized iron dust, and the oldest myth mistake remains the same: Mars is Roman, while Ares is ...

Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality. Their efforts to recycle plant and human waste into ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of hilly terrain on Mars, described by scientists as resembling spiderwebs from orbit, which provide clues about the planet’s watery past.

Samples taken from an ancient Mars rock may indicate that ancient life once existed on the Red Planet, according to a study ...

New research shows that an intense regional dust storm transported unusually high amounts of water vapor into Mars’ upper atmosphere, boosting hydrogen escape. The discovery reshapes understanding of ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, which launched in 2011 from Florida, found signs of organic material that on Earth is most often ...