July 27, 2018 Water on Mars: Does science's theory about the origin of life hold up? This week’s headline-making announcement from Italian scientists about a possible lake underneath the Martian south pole adds to a growing list of other worlds we believe have liquid water.
July 26, 2018 Mars shocker: Liquid water lake found on the Red Planet Scientists have uncovered a "a stable body of liquid water on Mars," in what some are calling a "game changer" in the search for alien life.
July 16, 2018 Why Mars appears to be moving backward Our solar system is in constant motion, with all eight planets — and dwarf planet Pluto — orbiting the sun. Most of those planets are visible from Earth, even to the naked eye. If you track them in the sky night after night, you'll notice that their position changes slightly; as they orbit the sun, they appear to move from west to east against a fixed backdrop of distant stars.
July 16, 2018 Geometry helps solve the mystery of Mars' water The Martian surface is crisscrossed with what looks like the scars of running water cut into its dusty dry surface.
July 13, 2018 NASA shares creepy image of 'spiders' on Mars Arachnophobia is defined as the "extreme or irrational fear of spiders." But that "fear" isn't just limited to Earth.
July 13, 2018 Mars 'ghost' dunes may have evidence of alien life Newly published research shows that hundreds of depressions on Mars' surface, aptly named "ghost dunes," could hold evidence of ancient life.
July 13, 2018 Touring where the Mars-500 'astronauts' pretended to take a Red Planet journey It's a quiet morning on Mars as I carefully walk on the dusty ground, watching my step so I don't trip on any of the rocks underfoot.
July 12, 2018 NASA may have discovered and then destroyed organics on Mars in 1976 Over 40 years ago, a NASA mission may have accidentally destroyed what would have been the first discovery of organic molecules on Mars, according to a report from New Scientist.
July 10, 2018 Life on Mars could have gotten an early start, 'Black Beauty' meteorite suggests It didn't take long for Mars to become a potentially habitable world, a new study suggests.
July 10, 2018 NASA shocker: Astronaut reveals humans could have been on Mars in the 1960s Hero astronaut Chris Hadfield says we could've sent humans to Mars in the 1960s – but there's a very good reason we didn't.