The Medusae Fossae Formation of Mars has ice deposits over 2 miles deep, potentially providing vital water resources for ...

The surface of Mars is known for being an extremely cold, desiccated, and irradiated place. But as its many surface features ...

The Mars water debate continues. A team of scientists suggests vast oceans of water may not be locked within the Red Planet's ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its atmosphere, however, surface water could no longer persist. The fate of Mars's ...

NASA’s InSight lander recorded surprisingly large quakes that indicate Mars is more seismically active than we first thought.

Scientists have found vast oceans of ice lying just below the surface of Mars in a major boost to the search for alien life on the Red Planet. One of the most exciting planetary discoveries ever ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

Curiosity has been exploring the Gale Crater on Mars since 2012 and its sample with the fatty acid molecules were found in a ...

Water once existed in abundance of at the surface of Mars. How much of that water has been stored in the planet's crust is still unclear, according to a new analysis.

The three-kilometre-thick ice sheet covering Mars's north pole is young, formed between 2 and 12 million years ago. The ice sheet is bending the rocky crust beneath at a rate of 0.13 millimetres per ...