Sep. 25, 2024 — New research suggests Mars' missing atmosphere -- which dramatically diminished 3.5 billion years ago -- could be locked in the planet's clay-covered crust. Water on Mars could ...

Mars has lost enough water to space to form a global ocean up to hundreds of kilometers deep. Seasonal changes can have a dramatic effect on how quickly Mars loses its water to space, a joint ...

Mars was once a watery world, with lakes, rivers and a shallow ocean similar to those on Earth. But somewhere between 2 billion and 3 billion years ago, the water dried up after severe climate change.

SpaceX will launch its first uncrewed flight to Mars in two years time, Elon Musk said on Saturday. "If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years," Musk added.

Mars is a place of mysteries. Was it ever—or is it now—home to life? Why did it lose its magnetic field, allowing the solar wind to claw away its once-abundant atmosphere? And then there’s ...

China’s historic attempt to bring samples from Mars to Earth could launch as soon as 2028, two years earlier than previously stated, according to a senior mission official. The country’s ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

The Mars 'Cloud Atlas', which is available to the public, has been presented this week at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2024 in Berlin by Daniela Tirsch of DLR. The images in the Cloud ...

SpaceX's Starship megarocket will start flying Mars missions just two years from now, if all goes according to plan. "These ...

The first uncrewed flight to Mars on SpaceX's Starship will take place in two years time, the company's CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday. "The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the ...