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

Meanwhile, Mars has “quite strong crustal magnetic fields,” Schnepf points out, and plasma in the atmosphere can also create smaller magnetic fields – though “mostly on the daytime side of ...

This discovery suggests Mars once had a complex water system with rivers, waves, and ocean currents that could have created environments potentially habitable for microbial life. GUANGZHOU, China ...

from the intrinsic magnetospheres of Mercury and Earth to the induced and hybrid magnetospheres of Venus and Mars; from the weathering of lunar and small rocky body surfaces to the local effects of ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the possibility these samples contain life, which could have unforeseen consequences.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mars had intermittent surface water over 3 billion years ago, but its current state remains debated. Recent analysis challenges a study suggesting significant ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission promises to fill significant gaps in our understanding of the universe and propel humanity forward in a new phase of the space race. Exploring the cosmos ...