The hunt for past life on Mars has been an astrobiological obsession for the last three decades. But to truly understand any planet, we first need to grasp both the internal geophysics and planetary ...

A giant collision in Mars’ early history created a global magma ocean and buried large fragments of debris deep within the young planet. As Mars cooled, it formed a solid crust — eventually becoming a ...

Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars. It’s not that hard for scientists to ...

The interior of Mars is filled with vast and mysterious rocks that smashed into the planet, new research shows. Rocky material up to 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) across remains scattered in giant lumps ...

Three years ago, Martian dust shrouded the solar panels on NASA’s InSight lander, preventing further operations and leading to its retirement. But the mission’s data continues to reveal information ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

While Mars is incapable of having liquid water on its surface, what about underground, and how much could there be? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

A new map of Mars’ gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Planet. “Gravity maps allow us to see inside ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally split open a rock on Mars on May 30, 2024, exposing bright yellow crystals that turned ...

If you haven't had your dinner yet, look away now. A mouth–watering new study has revealed exactly what the interior of Mars looks like – with scientists comparing the structure to a Rocky Road. Until ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Martian meteorite in cross-polarized light. This meteorite is dominated by the mineral olivine. Each grain is about half a ...