"You can probably easily build a multistory building on Mars with the material." ...

Let’s face it – you’ve thought about it at least once. Maybe twice. Maybe you were inspired by Katy Perry’s venture out to (not really) space, or loved Dune so much you want to swap your shoebox flat ...

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A red planet seen against the blackness of space. While the clamoring to bring bits and pieces of Mars back to Earth for intensive ...

In looking back and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Viking missions to Mars, one is struck by the bold and audacious undertaking. Twin spacecraft missions — each consisting of a lander and ...

The team operating a remote chemistry lab onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover won a Gizmodo Science Fair award for discovering compelling chemical evidence that Mars could have once supported life.

Mars is looking more and more like a place for NASA to find the first signs of alien life. Scientists discovered evidence of a reservoir of liquid water seven to 13 miles below the Martian surface, ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on July 23, 2024, the 1,218th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. To the left of the rover near the center of the image is the arrowhead-shaped rock ...

Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rovers. However, there remains a concern in the ...

A thin atmosphere and other factors have left Mars' soil in rough shape, but the quest continues for signs of life, even if it's extinct. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS What if we aren’t alone in the universe?

Is or was there life on Mars? That profound question is so complex that it will not be fully answered by the two NASA rovers now exploring it. But because of the literal groundwork the rovers are ...

Astronauts train to scale a Mars volcano at an analogue site in France. Lava tubes that crisscross the Martian surface might provide sanctuaries for the first human explorers on the Red Planet. (Photo ...