A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

Then Klos went on her first mission to Mars. Karen Rucker looks up at the ... Klos The missions are open to people who have no background in science, engineering or astronaut training.

(RNS) — It makes more sense to spend money saving the Earth ... is no lifeboat or rescue possible. Before the crew arrives, supplies, equipment and housing must be prepositioned on Mars in ...

Scientists predict that on primitive Earth ... if there was life on Mars. Conditions on Mars were thought to be far too harsh for large life forms. There is no liquid water on Mars and the ...

A wider view of the Gale crater reveals how much Mars looks like Earth. The highest peak in the background is known ... There are no postcard-perfect orange sunsets here. The days (known as ...

Unlike anything found on Earth, these features form when a thick slab of CO2 ice builds up during the Martian winter, sealing off gas beneath the surface.As spring sunlight penetrates the ice, it ...

The Close Approach happens every two years, but Tuesday's encounter at 38.6 million miles away will be the closest to Earth that Mars gets until 2035 Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on ...

No stone unturned The Curiosity Rover arrived on Mars in 2012 at the Gale Crater, a massive 96-mile-wide (154 km-wide) impact crater formed by the planet's collision with an ancient meteorite. In ...

Scientists have uncovered geological evidence indicating that the gravitational interplay between Mars and Earth triggers a 2.4-million-year cycle of deep-sea circulation and warming of our planet ...