Further away from Earth, the ESA Mars Express satellite has been used for a multi-year study of water loss to space from the Martian atmosphere. The ESA scientists identified the seasonal ...

The HiRise camera is living up to its name, capturing a rare look at the veteran rover from way up in Martian orbit.

What kinds of health threats can the Martian dust bring to future astronauts ... who is a geologist at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU Boulder and a co-author on the ...

A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover, with help from QUT scientists, has uncovered layered evidence of ancient water activity beneath ...

I n the 2030s, a groundbreaking mission led by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will bring samples of Martian rock and soil to Earth. These samples, gathered by NASA’s Perseverance rover ...

NASA / JPL-Caltech / LANL / CNES / CNRS / INTA-CSIC / Space Science Institute / ISAE-Supaero / University of Arizona NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a Martian atmospheric phenomenon ...

Thawing the Pole The Martian South pole has a coating of dry ice (which is frozen carbon dioxide), covering frozen water. As the dry ice melts, carbon dioxide could be released into the atmosphere ...

Published in the journal IMA Fungus, a new study highlights the potential for lichens to survive and function on the Martian surface ... for astrobiology and space exploration.

The requirements for managing the Martian samples are decided by an organization called the Committee on Space Research (Cospar). Under Cospar guidance, MSR is defined as a Category V Restricted ...