Many studies suggest then presence of water on ancient Mars billions of years ago,” said Katayama in a statement. “But our ...

Electrolysis has been a mainstay of crewed mission designs for the outer solar system for decades. It is the most commonly ...

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

an aerospace engineer who is president of the Mars Society and author of The Case for Mars. Over the decades, as administrations have come and gone, presidents have repeatedly promised future ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 billion years ago, the planet had rivers, lakes and even oceans with ...

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

"This strengthens the case for past habitability in this region on Mars," Hai Liu, a professor with the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation at Guangzhou University, a co-author of the ...

"And, in fact, NASA had plans to do that at that time, which were aborted by the Nixon administration," says Zubrin, an aerospace engineer who is president of the Mars Society and author of The Case ...