Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New experiments have shown that the core of Mars formed much faster than Earth's core, thanks to molten iron and nickel sulfides ...

Six planets in the solar system have at least one moon. Both Earth and Mars are toward the lower end of the lunar count, as our home planet only has one moon, and Mars has two. But not all moons share ...

The observation of small gullies on Mars was one of the more unexpected discoveries of the Mars Observer Camera (MOC) aboard the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The characteristics of these gullies ...

Past research has indicated Mars's largest northern basin, Utopia Planitia, was once the location of a large body of water, ...

How did the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, form and evolve orbiting the Red Planet? This is what a recent study published in Icarus hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the ...

Flying over the Martian south pole, two European satellites have spotted hundreds of 'spiders' sprouting up across a mysterious formation known as Inca City. In the south polar region of Mars lies a ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests. Clays need ...

Mars holds a special place in the solar system. It represents marginal habitability. This means it transitioned from warm and ...

The core of the Red Planet may be filled with sulfur. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New experiments have shown that the core of ...