A new high-resolution map of Mars's magnetic field indicates that the red planet's crust once moved like present-day Earth's. The map was pieced together from observations of Mars's magnetic field ...

Finding potential evidence of life on Mars may be more difficult than expected, according to new research. Researchers tested scientific instruments used on Mars in Chile’s Atacama Desert, and ...

Vital samples from a dried up lakebed on Mars could contain crucial evidence for past life on the Red Planet — but budget overruns are threatening the effort to bring those samples back to Earth, ...

Dust and desertification. Astronomers have been mapping Mars for nearly two centuries.The first map of Mars was produced in 1840 by Wilhelm Beer and Johann von Mädler in Germany. But it was ...

This is why NASA's Perseverance rover went to Mars. The robotic explorer kicked off a new science campaign on Monday with the goal of exploring an ancient river delta that could hold all sorts of ...

Less than a decade from now, a spacecraft from Mars may swing by Earth to drop off precious cargo: samples of the Red Planet’s rocks, soil and even air to be scoured for signs of alien life by a ...