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Is water present on Mars? Scientists have been debating this question since at least the 18th century, when astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli used a telescope to observe Mars and thought he saw canals. A new compelling study suggests that a large lake…

Scientists have discovered a large reservoir of water hidden within Mars' gigantic ' Grand Canyon .' A group of scientists using the European Space Agency's ExoMars Orbiter identified a significant deposit of water immediately benea…

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover scientists announced today that the rover has retrieved several tantalization organic rock samples from an old river delta on Mars. These samples have now been stored in preparation for a future mission that ex…

SpaceX President predicts to reach humans on Mars by this decade, which means before 2030, we will have our steps on the red planet. Crazy! To know more about their plans and the journey toward Mars, keep reading the article given below. Home on…

New research unveiled on Sunday by NASA could point to the existence of life on the Red Planet, as well as a range of other exciting possibilities. On Sunday, the space agency generated buzz with a statement about the latest find by its Curiosit…

Scientists confirmed the discovery of a massive lake of liquid water 20 kilometers in diameter, and reported the discovery of three new saltwater lakes beneath the Martian surface. Thanks to the MARSIS radar of the ESA Mars Express orbiter , a t…

Researchers peering at layered deposits on Mars’ south pole found what appear to be dozens of subsurface lakes, though many of them are in areas where water would be frozen. Updated version of the previous article.   The research team meas…

The European Space Agency’s ExoMars orbiter has found evidence of a huge deposit of water underneath the Valles Marineris Martian canyon system, which is one of the Solar System’s largest canyons—about five times as deep and ten times as long as th…

A mission investigating whether life has ever existed on Mars has made a new discovery: “ significant amounts of water ” in the red planet’s grand canyon system, called Valles Marineris, according to a press release from the European Space Agency …

It's possible that certain intriguing chemical molecules found on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover are evidence of prehistoric Mars life, but further research will be necessary to confirm that theory. Researchers report in a new study that so…

Elon Musk has announced a new timeframe for his massive Mars project, and it is a lot closer than you would believe. In an article published Monday , Musk said, 'I’ll be surprised if we’re not landing on Mars within five years'. Musk, th…

The Red Planet is hiding an appealing secret. Scientists have discovered a world-historic discovery on Mars: " significant amounts of water " are hiding inside the Red Planet's Valles Marineris, its version of our grand canyon system,…

Using a new on-board experiment, NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered traces of previously undetected organic molecules on Mars. None of the organic molecules identified in the sand hold unequivocal signs of life, but they do suggest the ne…

NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring the Jezero Crater since it landed there in February, but now the rover has successfully taken its first two samples. NASA's Perseverance rover has taken a second sample of Mars, and scientists…

NASA's newest Mars rover has captured on video a shiny object in the Martian sky, according to a new post on Twitter. Sky watching is fun no matter where you are. I took this short time lapse movie to watch for clouds, and caught something e…

Evidence of ancient life may have been scrubbed from parts of Mars, a new NASA study has found.  The space agency's Curiosity rover made the surprising discovery while investigating clay-rich sedimentary rocks around its landing site in Ga…

Mars, Pictures from Perseverance Rover.   The hunt for red planet residents began close to four decades ago, when the agency sent two spacecraft — the Viking landers — to Mars. Their task was to prove that the planet, while red, is not dead. …