Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the ...

On the Red Planet’s northern hemisphere, there are frozen sand dunes that look just like kidney beans-but you definitely ...

The redness of Mars has made the planet one of the most recognizable in the solar system with its hue serving as a topic of ...

So, apart from Mars, the search for other forms of life is focused on satellites, especially those orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Europa and Enceladus – moons of Jupiter and Saturn, respectively ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours ...