Mars is now a dry and dusty world, but at some point in the past it had water on it and it may still run at times today. For the first time, though, new research suggests the Red Planet might ...

Mars may seem to be an alien world, but many of its features look eerily familiar – such as this ancient, dried-up river system that stretches out for nearly 700 kilometres across the surface, making ...

"We believe that water, and a lot of it, once existed here." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Mars orbiter has just taken a ...

The equatorial region of Mars is home to the solar system’s tallest volcanoes, which — in addition to standing as tall as three Mount Everests in some cases — likely hide an unexpected frosty ...

Scientists have demonstrated that low-flying drones equipped with ground-penetrating radar can chart buried ice on Mars with far greater detail than orbiters. Tested on debris-covered glaciers in ...

An artist's conception of the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter flying above Mars. Credit: ESA / Alex Lutkus Long ago, Mars teemed with water. New imagery captured by the European Space ...

Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a large reservoir of liquid water, according to seismometer data from NASA’s retired InSight lander. The findings, published Aug. 12 in Proceedings of the ...

ESA’s Mars Express has captured the cosmic contrast of Terra Cimmeria, a region in the southern highlands of Mars marked by impact craters, water-carved valleys, and sand and dust in numerous ...

Finding water on Mars has been a key goal of both orbital and surface missions, but scientists didn't expect it to appear near the peak of Olympus Mons. Yet, the European Space Agency (ESA) reports ...

A new image shows a striking contrast between Mars' desert-like terrain against dark deposits of volcanic ash.