Liquid water on Mars
Don't Get Your Hopes Up for Finding Liquid Water on Mars
In the coming decades, NASA and China intend to send the first crewed missions to Mars. Given the distance involved…
Water Shaped Features on Mars Much Earlier Than Previously Believed
According to a new study, the Perseverance rover could find evidence in Jezero that will allow scientists to reconstruct the…
Mars Express Finds Even More Ponds of Water Under the Ground on Mars
A reexamination of data obtained by the Mars Express probe has found more evidence of stable bodies of water beneath…
And NASA’s Big Announcement is: Ancient Organic Molecules Found on Mars!
In its latest discovery, the Curiosity rover detected organic molecules in an ancient deposit of sedimentary rock, bolstering the case…
New Research Says “Levitating” Sands Explain how Mars Got its Landscape
A new study by an international team of scientists has indicated how a different form of water transport called "levitation"…
Detection of Mineral on Mars Bolsters Argument that Mars was Once Habitable
The discovery of boron on Mars, a key ingredient in the emergence of organic molecules, has bolstered the case for…
Curiosity’s Martian Chronicles Rife With Intriguing Inconsistencies
Using data obtained from rock samples since 2011, one of Curiosity's science teams has deduced that ancient Mars did not…
Did Cirrus Clouds Help Keep Early Mars Warm & Wet?
The presence of cirrus clouds in the early Martian atmosphere may have helped it stay warm enough for liquid water.
NASA Discovers Salty Liquid Water Flows Intermittently on Mars Today, Bolstering Chance for Life
These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed…