Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars. It’s not that hard for scientists to ...

MOSCOW -- "Martian water has been touched and tasted" by NASA's Phoenix lander spacecraft, which has identified water in a sample of soil collected from Mars. This will expand our so far fragmented ...

NASA scientists have uncovered massive fragments of ancient planetary collisions buried deep within Mars’ mantle, shedding light on the planet’s tumultuous early history. Preserved for over four ...

Recent research has unveiled the presence of ferrihydrite in Martian red dust, a discovery that could hold the key to understanding the planet’s iconic red hue and its climatic history. This iron ...

Selective incorporation of bromine and chlorine into K- and Na-jarosite across varying initial halogen concentrations under room temperature and hydrothermal conditions. New experiments reveal ...