NASA said Wednesday it will end its mission to study the atmosphere and evolution of Mars after its probe went silent for six months.After months of silence, NASA has resigned itself to the loss of ...

NASA has ended its MAVEN mission after losing contact with the spacecraft after an 11-year exploration of Mars’ atmosphere and climate.

In rocky planets such as Earth and Mars, the oxidation state of the mantle is thought to strongly influence the melting temperature of mantle materials (i.e., magma generation), the composition of ...

Researchers are creating advanced simulations that will provide a deeper understanding of Mars's climatic history and help to determine whether it was once able to sustain life. An international team ...

Mars, once a much wetter and more dynamic planet, is now a dry and inhospitable desert. The mystery of how the red planet lost its water has fascinated scientists for decades. A groundbreaking study ...

In recent decades, analysis of high-resolution images from orbiters and on-site investigations by landers and rovers have considerably expanded our knowledge of the evolution of the interior, surface ...

For decades, Mars has held a privileged place in the scientific imagination. Its arid landscapes, ancient river channels, and ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it’s telling us something about what the planet’s ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...

NASA said Wednesday it will end its mission to study the atmosphere and evolution of Mars after its probe went silent for six months. Scientific spacecraft MAVEN -- short for Mars Atmosphere and ...