The first astronauts who walk on Mars are now being told to go as planetary detectives, not just pathfinders. A sweeping new ...

The report’s authors outline 11 science priorities for future crewed missions to Mars, ranging from searching for resources ...

A new study released by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has set the stage for future human ...

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

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 ...

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on ...

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Even worse, the orbit of Mars is elliptical (think of a slight oval rather than a perfect circle), which means that sometimes ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Seán Jordan receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 1101114969) and from Research ...

The first global atlas of Martian watersheds reveals 16 huge ancient river systems that once shaped Mars and may hold clues ...