Still, if scientists could find a way to deliver it intact, this method could give Mars the atmospheric boost it needs. For now, terraforming Mars remains a bold dream, just out of reach ...

Some optimistic astronomers might still hope to find signs of aliens on Mars, but no one could have expected to discover something that sounds quite so delicious. Scientists have been baffled ...

Even as recently as 3.1 billion years ago, it may have still had "shimmering" liquid water in large quantities. Scientists say that some of this escaped to space or froze on the polar caps – as ...

Scientists have blown up a space house that could be used to live on Mars. The "creep test" was carried out on an inflatable habitat that would be carried to other planets to house humans.

It’s one of the most profound questions in science – did life ever exist on Mars? Now, experts have unearthed evidence that the Red Planet was once habitable. Scientists have found carbon ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's illustration of Mars's Gale Crater beginning to catch the morning light.

Though Mars, the Red Planet, is a vast and inhospitable land today, scientists think it once resembled ... "You could pull up Google Earth images of places like Utah, zoom out, and you’d see ...

Scientists studying ... atmosphere and rapidly warming the Earth. In its journey across Mars, the Curiosity rover drilled into four areas of the Gale Crater, which was once an ancient lake. Tutolo and ...