Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

Researchers are developing bioplastic bubbles from algae that could grow, repair, and protect habitats on Mars without ...

Discover defunct restaurant chains that once used the strangest gimmicks in history—from circus themes to jail cells—to lure ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over how Mars lost the thick atmosphere it once had. That atmosphere was essential for liquid water to exist on the planet’s surface, billions of years ago.

Back in 2013 American space agency NASA launched something called the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. The role of the Lockheed Martin-built piece of hardware is to study ...

To truly understand how Mars’ atmosphere has changed over the years, researchers took a closer look at nine years’ worth of data. NASA’s Curiosity rover taking a selfie on Mars.

New findings from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity could provide an answer to the mystery of what happened to the planet’s ancient atmosphere and how Mars has evolved over time. Researchers have long ...

Explaining persistent hydrogen in Mars' atmosphere New insight into Red Planet's hot again, cold again history Date: January 28, 2025 Source: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and ...