New photos captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show that Mars' giant, spiderweb-like "boxwork" features are covered in tiny, never-before-seen nodules that bear a striking resemblance to arachnid ...

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Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

The surface of Mars looks like an empty red wasteland. But if you look a bit closer, the remnants of an ancient alien civilization begin to take shape. At least, that's the conclusion of George J.

The discovery is based on previous Curiosity findings revealed since 2018 about basic organics found on Mars though the ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less than a meter beneath the surface, close enough to be harvested for water, ...

If life ever existed on Mars, it might have looked like microfossils right here on Earth.

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ones for the first time. Researchers mapped 16 massive drainage basins ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American We humans can now peer back into the virtual ...