Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it's thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet's ...

Mars has long captured humanity’s imagination, especially given the tantalizing evidence of ancient river valleys and ...

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

The concept of terraforming Mars — transforming the planet's climate to support life as we know it — has long belonged to the realm of science fiction. But a new study argues that it's time to ...

A new study argues that Mars could act as a testing ground for habitat restoration, with lessons learned helping to fight climate change on Earth.

Scientists Propose Deliberately Infecting Another World With Life To See What Happens A new paper proposes a peculiar experiment on Enceladus (and warns why we probably shouldn't do it).

Mars' surface air temperatures have increased 1.17 degrees Fahrenheit since 1970, researchers said in a report released Wednesday by the journal Nature. When the dirt is churned up by winds, it ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it boasted ...

For example, Mars is too cold for us humans, and previous NASA studies suggest that current technology isn’t up to the task of warming it up via terraforming.

For example, Mars is too cold for us humans, and previous NASA studies suggest that current technology isn’t up to the task of warming it up via terraforming.

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made largely of water ice—the most obvious sign that Mars was once a wetter ...