The OMEGA infrared spectrometer on board ESA's Mars Express, and CRISM onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), have identified iron-magnesium rich clays like smectite over hundreds of square ...

The USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona recently released a series of geologic Martian maps that could all be impactful to future missions to the Red Planet. Does size matter? In ...

Mars has many weird geological features, from deep underground cave-like systems formed by the passage of lava to global dust storms which can cover the entire planet. It has strange features on its ...

A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet’s watery past, and showing where we should land in the future. The map shows mineral deposits across the planet and has been ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets examines the 39th drilling sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars from a rock named "Sequoia", which comes shortly ...

Mars is no longer just a blank red canvas for planetary scientists. A new generation of high resolution maps is turning the planet into a detailed treasure chart, highlighting the specific craters, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They say Mars' mantle has created a 'geological time capsule' of when the planet was first formed billions of years ago. "What we ...