NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded unusual sounds as a Martian dust devil passed directly over the robotic vehicle in 2021, ...

Hausrath became the lead author of a study analyzing NASA’s first-ever Martian samples of soil, airfall dust and rock ...

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to ...

or the loose deposits of solid rock that comprise Martian soil. The study is published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Mirai Kobayashi says current models fail to account for the ...

"The discovery of perchlorate on Mars by the Phoenix mission has provided ... Accumulation of hypochlorite in the soil from cosmic ray decomposition of perchlorate can explain the reactivity ...

D printers will make the tools, structures, and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment.

or the loose deposits of solid rock that comprise Martian soil. Mirai Kobayashi says current models fail to account for the fact that laboratory experiments have demonstrated that the water ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the possibility these samples contain life, which could have unforeseen consequences.

Mars may have once been a paradise with Earth-like oceans and balmy beaches that would have been ideal for harboring living organisms, according to a new study. An international team of ...

Researchers are looking underfoot to uncover the mysterious past of Mars: Martian regoliths in the soil. Their water storage capabilities may help us understand the change in water on Mars over time.

The study also showed that the soil on Mars could keep ice near the surface in the middle and lower areas because water vapor moves more slowly there. This means the soil helps trap water for a ...