Water on Mars
The Driest Place on Earth Could Help Predict How Life Might be Surviving on Mars
Scientist find microbes in clay deposits beneath the Atacama desert, a good sign for missions looking for life on Mars
Earth Life Probably Can’t Spread to Mars Today
New research says life from Earth isn't likely to ever survive on Mars, which is good news as far as…
Salt Water Might Still be Able to Collect on the Surface of Mars a Few Days a Year
A new study from the PSI indicates that around Mars' equator, salt water could form on the surface for a…
This Dried Up Riverbed Shows that Water Once Flowed on the Surface of Mars
From some viewpoints, Mars is kind of like a skeleton of Earth. We can see that it had volcanoes, oceans,…
Curiosity Finds A Region of Ancient Dried Mud. It Could Have Been an Oasis Billions of Year Ago
What happened to Mars? If Mars and Earth were once similar, as scientists think, what happened to all the water?…
New layers of water ice have been found beneath Mars’ North Pole
A new study has found evidence of glacier of water ice beneath Mars' north pole, enough to cover the entire…
Planetary Scientists Continue to Puzzle Over the Mysterious Slope Streaks on Mars. Liquid? Sand? What’s Causing Them?
New research indicates what could be causing those mysterious slope streaks on Mars, using an Earth analog.
Lakes on Mars Filled up so Quickly They Would Overflow Catastrophically Carving Canyons Within Weeks
According to a new study, ancient lakes on Mars filled up so quickly that they overflowed, carving canyons in the…
Planetary Scientists Have Chosen a Few Landing Sites for the Mars 2020 Rover
At the fourth Landing Site Workshop in October, NASA held a vote on where the Mars 2020 rover will land…
There Might be Enough Oxygen Below the Surface of Mars to Support Life
According to new study supported by NASA, a team of researchers found that Mars may have enough oxygen in subsurface…