That idea thrilled scientists because it meant Mars might once have supported life. But newer space images have revealed that ...

Dust devils form when the planet’s surface heats up, pushing hot air close to the ground rapidly up through cooler air above.

During that time, it has created the most comprehensive map of the Martian atmosphere and its chemical composition, examined ...

Terraforming is the theoretical process of transforming a planet or moon to make it habitable for humans and other Earth-like ...

Scientists suggest that dry ice on Mars may move and burrow beneath the surface, creating patterns similar to sandworms from Dune and shedding light on the planet’s changing landscape.

Explosive volcanic eruptions on early Mars may have transported water ice to equatorial regions, according to a modeling ...

A fleet of ball-shaped rovers could drift across the Martian surface like tumbleweed, driven simply by the wind.

New research shows that dry ice blocks, not water or life, may be responsible for the mysterious gullies carved into Mars’ ...

"The CO2 ice block began to dig into the slope and move downwards just like a burrowing mole or the sandworms from 'Dune.' It ...

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s ...

Scientists have watched dust devils whip across Mars for decades, using orbiters and rovers that land on the planet. But the ...

When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But mitigating this is its far greater distance, plus the fact that Earth appears much ...