New research provides the clearest evidence yet that Mars once contained a significant body of water and a more habitable ...

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter commanded our attention when it captured 'otherworldly' photos of a curious wreckage on the ...

A group of scientists from China and America have discovered that Mars once had an ocean after the Chinese Zhurong rover ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

A new study reveals that Mars had sun-scorched beaches with waves breaking on ancient ocean shores. Data from China's Zhurong ...

Present-day Mars is a barren and inhospitable planet, but it may have once had sandy beaches and tranquil ocean vistas. According to findings published on February 24 in the Proceedings of the ...

With its iconic rusty hue, Mars has long been called the red planet. Now, scientists may have discovered the potential source of that distinctive coloring, overturning a popular theory in the process.

More information: Detection of ferrihydrite in Martian red dust records ancient cold and wet conditions on Mars, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56970-z . www.nature.com ...