If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to establish self-sustaining human settlements on Mars by 2040, utilizing AI-driven ...

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...

In May 2021, China’s Zhurong rover, part of the Tianwen-1 mission, successfully landed on Mars, in a region called southern Utopia Planitia. This mission aimed to investigate one of the most ...

The concept of terraforming Mars — transforming the planet's climate to support life as we know it — has long belonged to the realm of science fiction. But a new study argues that it's time to ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

Devon Island, referenced in the post, is an uninhabited Canadian island with a harsh climate that "mimics the environmental conditions on Mars and other planets," according to NASA.

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is only in development and has already struggled. Now, the agency has laid out two paths forward.

“Mars Sample Return will allow scientists to understand the planet’s geological history and the evolution of climate on this barren planet where life may have existed in the past and shed ...

First, scientists would use abiotic climate engineering techniques — such as deploying ... anaerobic and genetically engineered ones — capable of surviving in Mars' harsh conditions and kickstarting ...

The concept of terraforming Mars — transforming the planet's climate to support life as we know it — has long belonged to the realm of science fiction. But a new study argues that it's time to ...