A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

A Mars rover has discovered strange, bleached rocks that suggest Mars may have once been wet and warm. Researchers at Purdue ...

A new report published Tuesday, titled “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars,” represents the answer from ...

The discovery of the skylights and their associated caves was made using archival data from three NASA missions, showing how important findings can be made years or even decades after a mission has ...

Despite being one of the most promising places to explore for signs of life, "special regions" and "uncertain regions" may be ...

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

New research reveals that ancient Mars once hosted vast river drainage systems comparable in scale to some of Earth’s major ...

Learn more about volcanic activity on Mars and how it may have once provided vital elements to the atmosphere.

We may have already discovered the essence of life on Mars 40 years ago, according to a former NASA scientist. Gilbert V. Levin, who was principal investigator on a NASA experiment that sent Viking ...