There are a couple potential explanations for distinctive markings found on a Martian rock, but new evidence suggests they ...

Surrounded by green hills and beige rock, Lake Salda sits in what is sometimes called the Turkish Lake District, a great ...

Could that “elsewhere” have been Mars? There is no evidence yet, but NASA’s Perseverance rover keeps searching as it crawls across the barren expanse of Jezero Crater, which used to be an ...

From the rover's point of view on the ground, it's hard to tell, but this ancient shoreline on Mars seemed to lie inside a 2,050-mile-wide (3,300-kilometer-wide) impact crater called Utopia Basin.

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red ...

Aeons ago, the crater held a lake that could have been conducive to life. The rock formed in the channel of an ancient river that once flowed into the lake. Mars rover makes epic climb to explore ...

In a significant contribution to planetary exploration, scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad, India, have discovered three previously unknown craters on Mars.

The impact crater could be linked to the origins of life on Earth. The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way ...

“We’ve also seen evidence for ferrihydrite in the lake sediments at (Mars’) Gale crater (which is being explored by the Curiosity rover). The best way to really solve this puzzle would be to ...

Crater 'significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history' A giant crater 2km across and 170m deep, formed by a meteorite, is the location of India's Lonar Lake ...

Researchers are looking underfoot to uncover the mysterious past of Mars: Martian regoliths in the soil. Their water storage capabilities may help us understand the change in water on Mars over time.