A 3D illustration of Mars on a dark background peppered with stars. Life deep beneath the surface on Earth could offer clues into extraterrestrial life on the red planet.

From an astrobiological view-point, the most interesting missions are obviously those devoted to the search for possible life beyond Earth. Thus, astrobiological missions to Mars should be ...

In 2012, I took my 6-year-old twins to a space-exploration exhibition at Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History. A gallery highlighted Mars: solar-panel technologies, rovers in dioramas ...

As we prepare for more intense investigations of the planet Mars, ... An Earthly View of Mars. News. ... inconsequential speck amidst the cosmic background is home to everyone, every idea, ...

Recent exploration has revealed extensive geological evidence for a water-rich past in the shallow subsurface of Mars. Images of in situ and loose accumulations of abundant, haematite-rich ...

ACTON, Australia, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Australian scientists say modeling studies suggest as much as 3 percent of Mars is habitable by terrestrial life, although most of that area is underground.

Curiosity's view of rock strata at the foot of Mt. Sharp on Mars. Finding signs of Martian life will require scientists to keep an open mind. The near absence of organic compounds on Mars has long ...

In his latest novel, “Terrestrial History,” author Joe Mungo Reed explores how we got to the point of longing for a fresh start on a barren, lifeless rock, and imagines what such a future ...

Terrestrial Analogs to Mars: (Part 1) Planetary Decadal Study Community White Paper Solar System Exploration Survey, 2003-2013. By SpaceRef Editor. December 7, 2001 ...

No astronaut has set foot on Mars (yet), but that hasn't stopped Omega, in partnership with the ESA, from developing the Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer, an analog/digital quartz wristwatch that can ...

Mars is one of the smallest planets in our solar system, but it's also home to some of the largest, deepest and most dramatic systems of canyons and valleys ever spied by human (or robotic) eyes.