NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

A space tool built to spot moisture on Mars is now tackling a real problem on Earth, helping communities find leaks, curb ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of hilly terrain on Mars, described by scientists as resembling spiderwebs from orbit, which provide clues about the planet’s watery past.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of Mars as a dry and arid world. But it wasn't always this way. Where did the red ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

Curiosity has been exploring a region filled with boxwork formations, which formed billions of years ago when water leaked through rock cracks.

New research shows that an intense regional dust storm transported unusually high amounts of water vapor into Mars’ upper atmosphere, boosting hydrogen escape. The discovery reshapes understanding of ...

For years, scientists have been intrigued by mysterious dark streaks running down the slopes of Martian cliffs and craters. These marks, called slope streaks and recurring slope lineae (RSLs), have ...

A new study has examined how future human missions to Mars could access one of the planet's most vital resources—water. The "Martian aqua: occurrence of water and appraisal of acquisition technologies ...

Images sent back by NASA’s Viking spacecraft in the 1970s revealed some unusual streaks stretching across the arid landscapes of Mars. The sighting had scientists excited about the possibility of free ...

Mars' irradiated surface is a godforsaken place. And yet there may be shallow pools of water near the Martian surface, a place 1,000 times drier than the driest desert on Earth. NASA's Mars ...