Analysis of this data by a team from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has yielded new insight into why Martian soil is so "crusty." According to their findings, temperatures in the top 40 cm (~16 ...

Scientists have discovered soil on Mars to be similar to that found in two locations in Scotland. The Aberdeen-based James Hutton Institute studied data on Martian minerals beamed back to Earth by ...

The new research by scientist in the University of Barcelona claims to have found a location on the Red Planet that has ...

Japan’s space agency plans to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the U.S. and Chinese missions now operating on Mars, in hopes of finding clues to the planet’s origin and ...

Scientists have identified Acidalia Planitia on Mars as a potential hotspot for alien life, with conditions ideal for ...

The Phoenix microscope station gave us the closest look we've ever had of the soil on Mars. Constantinos worked backwards from those images to fill in how the rocks on Mars have fractured from ...

It’s one small step for man, one potential giant leap for Martiankind. Scientists have identified a region on Mars that could ...

But a team of researchers in The Netherlands have just raised a much more appealing crop of tomato, rye, radish, pea, leek, spinach, garden rocket, cress, quinoa and chives - in Martian soil.

"The experiments performed by NASA's Viking landers may have accidentally killed Martian life by applying too much water," ...

Made from faux Martian and lunar soil, a new sulfur-based compound could also lead to faster construction on Earth.