Instruments like the those currently on the Red Planet were used to study samples collected from an 'Mars-like' area in Chile ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why Earth stayed warm and alive while Mars turned cold and dry. Both planets began with similar ingredients—rocky surfaces, carbon, water, and sunlight—but ...

Imagine a landscape so barren it resembles Mars itself, where some weather stations have never recorded a single drop of rain ...

MARS has delighted chocolate lovers by unveiling an “incredible” new festive treat that fans are already calling a “must-have” for Christmas Day. The festive dessert is the latest in a string of ...

A desert moss could be the key to terraforming Mars, according to a recent study published by Chinese scientists. Due to its extraordinary resilience, Syntrichia caninervis (S. caninervis), a moss ...

The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA) has become a major sponsor of the Mars Society’s Mars Desert ...

Syntrichia caninervis, a desert moss, demonstrated exceptional resilience to extreme conditions mimicking the Martian environment, including prolonged freezing temperatures (-196°C), high radiation ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – A passionate teacher can make any subject come alive for students, and NASA is helping to fuel that passion. On March 25-30, 2007, NASA’s Spaceward Bound project at the ...

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant to prepare humans for life on Mars. The Mars Society, a nonprofit ...