NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Images of the eight skylights opening up into possible karstic caves in Hebrus Valles on Mars. .

New photos captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show that Mars' giant, spiderweb-like "boxwork" features are covered in tiny, never-before-seen nodules that bear a striking resemblance to arachnid eggs.

Back in 2003, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission launched, with its ultimate aim the search for surface water on Mars. And over the course of the mission, it has been successful in ...

Tremendous tilts of Mars' rotational axis during the past 20 million years may have dried out the planet, according to a new study. The findings may help solve the mystery of how Mars, which once ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The European Space Agency has released new computer generated images of a "butterfly" crater on ...

Researchers examine technologies and strategies for closed-loop water systems to support long-duration Moon and Mars missions, focusing on efficiency, durability, and resource recovery.

Until recently, Mars was studied only through telescopes and some data that was recorded from early spacecraft. It was thought that Mars' polar regions were the only significant reservoirs of ice, ...

For years, scientists have been looking for signs of liquid water just beneath the surface of Mars. The problem, though, is that the observations from various orbiting probes have been maddeningly ...