Using crater simulations, the researchers suggest that Mars’ magnetic field may have only started weakening significantly around 3.9 billion years ago. This revised timeline supports the ...

Fluid-rock interactions on ancient Mars may have produced abundant magnetic minerals that preserved unusually intense records ...

Researchers also emphasize that studying Mars’ past magnetic field could guide future missions targeting specific areas of ...

To plan a field campaign takes months ... we’d visited on previous missions to Mars. From the summit of Mount Sharp to the highlands of the crater rim to the close-up of those stones shaped ...

Scientists appear to have unravelled the mystery of Mars' "Martian dichotomy" - a contrast between its southern highlands and northern lowlands that's puzzled experts for over half a century.