Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/ASU/MSSS. The first scientific analysis of images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover has now confirmed that Mars’ Jezero crater — which today is a dry, wind-eroded depression — was once a quiet lake, fed steadily by a small river some 3.7 billion years ago. The images also reveal evidence

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Craters and river valleys on the surface of Mars. A breached crater lake and outlet valley are outlined in white. Credit: NASA/GSFC/ JPL ASU. On Earth, river erosion is usually a slow-going process. But on Mars, massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian

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Artist’s rendition of Mars with Earth-like surface water. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens; NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS; Graphic design by Sean Garcia/Washington University. Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.

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This image shows several craters in Arabia Terra that are filled with layered rock, often exposed in rounded mounds. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona. Scientists found evidence that a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra experienced thousands of “super eruptions,” the biggest volcanic eruptions known, over a 500-million-year period. Some

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3D printed Mars bio composite. Credit: Public Domain CC0. Transporting a single brick to Mars can cost more than a million British pounds – making the future construction of a Martian colony seem prohibitively expensive. Scientists at The University of Manchester have now developed a way to potentially overcome this

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region. After collecting its first sample, named “Montdenier,” Sept. 6, the team collected a second, “Montagnac,” from the same rock Sept. 8. Analysis of the rocks from

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According to a new study, EDLS hardware that has been jettisoned on Mars could create problems for future missions to the same landing sites. Credit: NASA. At one time, the idea of sending humans to Mars either seemed like a distant prospect or something out of science fiction. But with

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