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On June 22, 2000, NASA announced possible evidence of present-day liquid water on Mars. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...

More than a hundred years ago, astronomer Percival Lowell made the case for the existence of canals on Mars designed to redistribute water from the Martian ice caps to its lower, drier latitudes. This ...

For years, scientists have been intrigued by mysterious dark streaks running down the slopes of Martian cliffs and craters. These marks, called slope streaks and recurring slope lineae (RSLs), have ...

The Ultimate Survivors Meet Their Match on Mars Tardigrades, those legendary “water bears” ranging from a mere 0.1 to 1.5 ...

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ...

Ancient Mars boasted abundant water, but the cold and dry conditions of today make liquid water on the Red Planet seem far less probable. However, the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere ...

For decades, scientists have theorized about how Mars reached its current state. Many believe that the Red Planet's surface may have once been covered in rivers and oceans. But, if that's really the ...

Scientists have been arguing about the origin of strange streaks on Mars since the earliest missions to the Red Planet. Reading time 3 minutes In 1976, NASA’s Viking mission successfully landed the ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...