As NASA prepares to launch a new Martian probe, a Florida State University scientist has uncovered what may be the first recognized example of ancient Martian crust.
A meteorite found in the Sahara last year by Bedouin tribesmen is a rock from Mars, revealing that the Red Planet's crust formed 4.4 billion years ago, scientists reported on Wednesday.
In the November issue of Icarus, researchers from LSU's Department of Geology and Geophysics and Stony Brook's Department of Geosciences assess the details of halogen variability and an unusual process that may influence it.
Earlier this year Dennis Wingo wrote a very interesting piece for SpaceRef.com on Dennis Tito's announced plan to send two space passengers on a…
Researchers now have stronger evidence of granite on Mars and a new theory for how the granite - an igneous rock common on Earth -- could have formed there, according to a new study.
Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains in planetary regolith.
A recent commentary paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience argues that planetary protection policies and practices designed to guard solar system…
NASA on Monday launched its unmanned MAVEN spacecraft toward Mars to study the Red Planet's atmosphere for clues as to why Earth's neighbor lost its warmth and water over time.
As NASA prepares for next week's launch of the agency's next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), actor LeVar…
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, was launched Monday at 1:28 pm ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket.
Features on Mars important to the missions of NASA's two active Mars rovers are now called "Murray Ridge" and "Murray Buttes," in…
What happened to the water on Mars? How did the Red Planet's atmosphere become so thin over time?
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project received confirmation from Mars Sunday (Nov.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has release a YouTube video it says shows how Mars may have looked 4 billion years ago.
The planet Mars, with its rust red countenance and barren character, presents itself as an object of mystery and intrigue.
A planned mission to return a sample from the Martian moon Phobos will likely be a twofer, according to a study by Brown University geologists.
