Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Mars may have been much warmer and wetter billions of years ago than previously thought, according to new findings from ...

On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and an atomic clock in a lab. Everything is wired together so well that you rarely think about the ...

Scientists confirm that clocks on Mars run faster than on Earth and will change global space navigation in the future ...

Aluminium-rich pebbles found in the Jezero Crater indicate that Mars was far from a cold, icy planet billions of years ago, ...

I've read that the planned crewed Mars missions will take six months or two years to arrive. Which is it? Could a longer trip ...

A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go beneath the surface,... The core of Mars looks like Earth’s. What makes the ...

A look at the debate over building a city on the Moon or Mars, covering scientific findings, mission timelines and challenges discussed on the Fiction Science podcast.

Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, was skeptical when he read recent studies that showed the gravitational pull from Mars being connected to Earth’s long-term climate ...