Mars has a new showpiece for planetary scientists, and it looks uncannily like a butterfly frozen mid-flight. A fresh set of ...

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

Mars Express orbiter captures a slightly elliptical crater measuring roughly 12 miles (20 kilometres) east to wes ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

Mars Express has found a unique butterfly-shaped crater on Mars. This formation resulted from a space rock hitting at a low ...

A North Allegheny graduate is participating in an effort at the University of Rhode Island aimed at predicting volcanic ...

Could there be life on Mars? New Mexico Highlands University students will get the chance to explore the possibility of alien ...

Long before Mars turned into the frozen desert you see today, water shaped its surface in dramatic ways. Rivers cut through ...

Dust on Mars has a new voice. What once looked like silent red storms now crackles with tiny sparks, as if the planet were ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

Rather than big bolts of lightning as seen on Earth, NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded audio of small zaps similar to those ...