A Chinese Mars rover may have found evidence of an ancient ocean on the arid Red Planet. According to a new paper in the ...

These would have needed water. The Martian river valleys and clay minerals are mainly found in Noachian terrains, which cover ...

Apparent canals on Mars has been an exciting topic at different points in history, and they might actually allow an ...

Following the 1990s discovery that Mars had once been a watery oasis in the solar system’s habitable zone, NASA devised a ...

Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...

New research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet. It's informing future Martian exploration and settlement plans.

Scientists want to understand the channel’s formation and how it may tie into the history of water on ancient Mars. Evidence suggests floods and landslides may have played a role in the creating ...

Pathfinder's landing spot on Mars was Ares Vallis, an ancient flood plain chosen because it was relatively safe, and also a spot with lots of rocks for Sojourner to analyze. While Pathfinder was ...

"The experiments performed by NASA's Viking landers may have accidentally killed Martian life by applying too much water," scientist Dirk Schulze-Makuch said.

The Martian river valleys and clay minerals are mainly found in Noachian terrains, which cover about 45% of Mars. In addition, orbiters also found large flood channels—called outflow channels ...