Ancient Mars may have been a beach paradise 4 billion years ... As the rover moved, it used a process known as ground penetrating radar (GPR) to map up to about 260 feet below the surface. Experts use ...

New research provides the clearest evidence yet that Mars once contained a significant body of water and a more habitable environment for life.

We’ve mapped nearly all of Mars’ surface from orbit, yet we know less about Earth’s ocean floor — almost 75% remains unmapped in high resolution. This terrestrial blind spot is driving NJIT ...

Mars, the next frontier in space exploration, still poses many questions for scientists. The planet was once more hospitable, characterized by a warm and wet climate with liquid oceans. But today Mars ...

If that was the case, the hematite would have formed later in Mars’ history, after it was suspected of hosting lakes and rivers on its surface. New research combining data from multiple missions ...

There is abundant evidence from orbital images of valley networks and mineral maps that the surface of Noachian Mars had surface water. However, there is less evidence for surface water during the ...

It’s long been all but settled science that Mars was once home to copious amounts of water. Its surface is stamped with ocean and sea basins and etched with ancient riverbeds, deltas ...