Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to ...

But the detected features don’t match the expected shape of windblown sand dunes, nor are they likely to be caused by rivers or lava ... formed.” For years, scientists suspected that Mars ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of a 'vacation-style' environment on the Red Planet, despite there being no visible ...

such as burbling lava, wind-blown sand dunes, or ancient rivers. Zhurong did not survive the Martian winter as planned in December 2022. But it had traveled about one mile on the Red Planet over the ...

“This distinction sets up a great natural experiment for us to see if the shape, or size, of bends in rivers is distinct from those in volcanic or ice channels,” said Tim Goudge, a co-author on the ...

Indeed, this mineral exists on our planet, often in volcanic settings such as lava caves ... that the ferrihydrite “formed during a cold, wet period on early Mars under oxidative conditions ...

Rivers on Earth carve winding paths through landscapes, shaping the terrain over time. At first glance, their meandering curves may seem similar to those formed by lava or ice. However, a new study ...

Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves ... As the planet cooled, some of the water likely moved underground in the form of ice or combined with rocks to create minerals.

And you don't typically get structures like this in lava flows, either. Beaches simply fit the observations the best," Cardenas said. Earth, Mars, and the solar system's other planets formed ...

Inside Wind Cave the scientists found that chemicals fossilised within the rocks shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue, and ...

(CNN) — Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves ... As the planet cooled, some of the water likely moved underground in the form of ice or combined with rocks to create minerals.