The meteor broke into multiple pieces during its entry into Mars atmosphere and created at least three craters which were imaged by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

A new study may solve a central mystery of the planet’s 4.6-billion-year history. Despite increasing evidence that water flowed on Mars billions of years ago, scientists have been mystified by ...

New research suggests the atmosphere of Mars may be hiding in plain sight, having been absorbed by minerals in the Red Planet ...

Earth has abundant oxygen in its atmosphere. But on Mars it's ... glow to help inform the models that guide the entry, descent and landing of Mars probes. The glow at Mars was detected by the ...

Over time, the warming effect would encourage the planet to thaw out more on its own and eventually lead to the creation of a more livable atmosphere on Mars. Gravity will be a challenge ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s orbiter around Mars has found that not only is Mars losing its atmosphere faster than Earth, but temperature changes in the upper atmosphere may also be ...

The simulations revealed that in the young Mars, the magnetosphere may have acted as a shield stopping the solar wind from coming too close to the planet's atmosphere thus protecting it.