The combination of low temperature, atmospheric pressure and water vapor pressure on Mars means any liquid water found there would likely freeze, boil or evaporate immediately, making its presence ...

More than a hundred years ago, astronomer Percival Lowell made the case for the existence of canals on Mars designed to redistribute water from the Martian ice caps to its lower, drier latitudes. This ...

In this video I try to see if I can achieve flight in my vacuum chamber at the pressure on the surface of Mars. I talk about Ingenuity and how it can fly on Mars. Why presidents stumble in this most ...

As one of the five planets visible to the naked eye, Mars has fascinated humanity since before the advent of writing. The earliest observations merely tracked its path through the night sky, but with ...

Two of the most-discussed observations of potential liquid water activity on the surface of Mars. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321067121 More than ...