While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

Elon Musk aims to colonize Mars despite challenges such as its extreme climate, thin atmosphere, and lack of liquid water.

Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its ...

In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...

World-renowned Greek astrophysicist Stamatios Krimigis says that a human settlement on Mars is a distant dream.

NASA’s Curiosity Martian rover finds organic-like, long-chain alkanes preserved in the planet’s mudstone Twelve years after ...

Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

Mars may once have held enough water to fill oceans and form coastlines. The planet’s red dust contains water and likely formed in cold conditions.

Fluid-rock interactions on ancient Mars may have produced abundant magnetic minerals that preserved unusually intense records ...

A new sculpture of Mars has opened for visitors of Colchester Castle, following on from the success of the previous Gaia sculpture.