WELCOME to Mars – where the air is too thin to breathe and the surface temperature is too cold for unsheltered life. Yet the ...

Mars may be hiding a vast stash of water beneath the Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) near its equator. This ice-rich deposit ...

Mars may look like a dry and dusty world, but just beneath its surface lies one of the most surprising discoveries in ...

The Medusae Fossae Formation of Mars has ice deposits over 2 miles deep, potentially providing vital water resources for ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

"When you think you have it right, Mars always has a surprise ... When the poles dip by 35 degrees or so, the residual polar ice caps will no longer be stable in summer. At the same time the ...

Elon Musk aims to colonize Mars despite challenges such as its extreme climate, thin atmosphere, and lack of liquid water.

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Like Earth, Mars has polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons and deserts. This image was stitched together from a series of photos from the Viking Orbiter — one of the communications relay stations ...

Scientists have found vast oceans of ice lying just below the surface of Mars in a major boost to the search for alien life on the Red Planet. One of the most exciting planetary discoveries ever ...

There’s another complicating factor: Mars has a far thinner atmosphere than ... abounds under the Martian surface and in its polar ice caps, there are no large bodies of liquid water on the ...

Scientists have identified another possible ... including geographic features like polar ice caps, volcanoes, and canyons. Similarities between Earth and Mars also include a roughly 24-hour ...