"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

The first thing most people think of when they consider Mars is its deep red color. The Romans associated the planet with their god of war because it reminded them of blood while the ...

Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, highlighting the possibility of microbial life ...

A new study published in the journal Geology provides compelling evidence for the existence of liquid water beneath Mars.

But it provides intriguing clues about Mars’ geologic and climate history, he said. “Since this water-containing rust blankets most of the Martian surface, it suggests that liquid water in ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about whether Mars was ever able to support life.

The Zhurong rover landed on Mars in 2021 in an area known as Utopia Planitia and sent back data on the geology of its surroundings in search of signs of ancient water or ice. Unlike other rovers ...

“We’re finding places on Mars that used to look like ancient beaches and ancient river deltas,” said Benjamin Cardenas, the study co-author and assistant professor of geology at Penn State.

Introduction Space exploration has never been a frontier in which technology is not strained to its limits. As human ...