Advances in synthetic biology, planetary engineering, and ultra-low-cost launch systems have dramatically altered how researchers view Mars terraforming. Once seen as an impossible sci-fi fantasy, ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the landscape. Mars is often portrayed as a dry, empty world, but the planet is ...

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Strange, sinuous gullies etched into the dunes of Mars are finally giving up their secrets. These gouges, new experiments reveal, are carved by the explosive sublimation of dry ice, burrowing down the ...

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Mars may be tens of millions of kilometers away, but for planetary scientists, the most revealing rehearsal space sits in the North Atlantic. Iceland’s mix of ice, fire and wind offers a rare ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

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The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies the highest priority science objectives for the first human mission to Mars, and says searching ...