A groundbreaking discovery by NASA’s Curiosity Rover, featuring a surprisingly rare mineral called siderite, is not only ...

The planet Mars is home to thick layers of clay that can span hundreds of feet. Since they need water to form, these outcrops ...

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute who explains why the Red Planet may hold answers about ...

In the study published in Nature Astronomy, the scientists explained that the clay deposits rich in minerals formed when Mars ...

“This detection of abundant, crystalline, pure ferrous carbonate along with ferric minerals like goethite and akaganeite on ...

There’s long been conspiracy theories about the dark markings found the planet’s surface, with scientists having their own beliefs for the cause. Having been first observed in images from NASA ’s ...

Sunrise on Gale Crater paints Mount Sharp in rusty gold. Two hundred million miles away, back on Earth, a room of bleary-eyed ...

The new moon is the opening phase of the monthly lunar cycle, and it occurs when the sun and moon — aka the solar system’s ...

A study nearly 10 years in the making has shed new insight into how oxides can regularly sustain themselves, using the oxygen ...

For centuries, Mars has captivated the human imagination. Its reddish appearance has earned it the nickname “The Red Planet,” ...

To make these lander missions happen, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory team has been working on a robot that could handle the ...