The findings, published in the open-access journal IMA Fungus, suggest that lichens may be able to survive and function on the surface of Mars. This challenges long-standing assumptions about the ...

But the rover has been exploring the red planet since 2021, and it’s been carefully amassing a rock collection that could change our understanding of Mars’ history, how it compares to our own ...

In his inaugural address on Jan. 20, Trump said the U.S. "will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars." ...

They also needed to address how sunlight falls across various parts of the planet. This image shows the globe of Mars set against a dark background. The disc of the planet features yellow, orange, ...

THERE are lots of ideas on how humans can terraform Mars, and turn the dusty, radioactive Red Planet into something habitable. Scientists have suggested we start with Antarctic desert moss ...

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.

A six-wheeled robot wandering the rugged terrain of Mars recently came across two small tornadoes whipping around the planet's surface ... can also be seen in the background at left and center.

Average Surface Temperatures of All Planets: There are eight planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, with Pluto now categorised as a dwarf ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover had been on Mars for almost a thousand days when it spotted the odd-looking boulder on March 11. But this rock, perched on the lower slopes of Witch Hazel Hill in ...

A new study from planetary scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder sheds light on the origins of Mars’ planet-wide dust storms—powerful weather events capable of obscuring the entire sky in ...

The planets offer exciting views in April. Jupiter is a brilliant object in the evening sky, although the observing window narrows as the Sun sets later each day. Mars is past its best ...