Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Psyche spacecraft is on its way to a metal-rich asteroid beyond Mars—and it's enjoying the scenic route. In a flyby ...

The water ice at Mars's north pole is less dusty than previously believed, potentially altering our understanding of the ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red planet. By recreating Mars-like conditions in the lab, a team of researchers ...

For decades, scientists have been curious about how much water Mars once had and what led to its gradual transformation into the dry planet we see today. A new study published online on September 2, ...

In a recent study, a team of researchers from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Penn State suggested that future missions to Mars search for microbes or their remains in that planet’s ice, rather ...

Mars is known to store a large amount of frozen water on or under its surface. According to a recent study, this local resource could improve habitability when humans arrive to live on the planet. The ...