A study led by NYU Abu Dhabi’s Space Exploration Laboratory found underground water that turned sand dunes into solid rock, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of Mars as a dry and arid world. But it wasn't always this way. Where did the red ...

An unusual new rock collection discovered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover suggests the Red Planet's ancient past was wet ...

Mars has long been cast as a frozen desert, a world of dust and stone that lost its water eons ago. Fresh evidence from a ...

There might be a hidden ocean's worth of liquid water below the surface of Mars, seismic evidence suggests. According to a new paper published April 25 in the journal National Science Review, ...

What can mapped drainage systems on Mars teach scientists about the red planet's watery past? This is what a recent study ...

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 ...

Ancient Mars once teemed with flowing rivers, forming vast drainage systems. A new study has mapped these large basins, ...

Mars is tantalizingly similar to Earth in many ways, but especially in its surface features, which often resemble Earth deserts to an eerie degree. Both Earth and Mars share features such as valleys; ...

NASA currently has a robot on Mars collecting samples that it hopes to one day return to Earth in pristine condition. If you don't need your bits of Mars in perfect shape, you don't have to go all the ...

Mars' watery past is becoming clearer, with evidence of ancient rivers and long-lasting surface water. While a supposed south pole lake now seems unlikely, new research suggests transient briny flows ...