Imagine a common item in your kitchen pantry, one that you use almost daily, surviving on the harsh surface of Mars. This ...

The Ingenuity helicopter from the Mars 2020 mission far exceeded its original mission of simply demonstrating controlled ...

A team of Indian researchers has discovered that baker’s yeast can survive extreme Martian-like conditions involving high-intensity shock waves and toxic perchlorate salts. Baker’s yeast ...

If there is life on Mars (or if there was long ago) it may not lie buried in the planet’s rocky crust. Instead, it might be ...

India has debuted in global extraterrestrial habitat simulations with a successful two-week analogue mission in Gujarat.

A recent study suggests that chemical traces of ancient microbial life may still be preserved beneath Mars' icy surface.

Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...

NASA's long-planned Mars Sample Return mission is in serious trouble. A flagship endeavor meant to retrieve rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover is now facing budget cuts, delays, and some ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...

In this opinion column, Alexander William Salter explains why he believes exploring Mars is a strategic benefit for the ...

November's Sky Above episode features a supermoon, meteor shower, and interstellar comet, with experts discussing these ...