The interior of Mars is as chunky as a delicious macadamia cookie. A new analysis of the acoustic waves that ripple through and bounce around the red planet's guts reveals that the ancient, early ...

Recent discoveries have shed new light on the history of Mars, revealing evidence of ancient underground water that suggests the planet may have been habitable for longer than previously believed.

NASA’s Perseverance rover found possible signs of ancient life in rocks on Mars, keeping scientists up at night. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on July 23, 2024. To the left of the ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as ...

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its surface. So, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars. The discovery was made in ...

For over 50 years, Cornell has made astronomical contributions in the ongoing efforts to explore and understand the mysterious inner workings of Earth’s rust-colored neighbor, Mars. In honor of these ...

Changes in Mars’ axial tilt (obliquity) drive shifts between polar ice caps at low obliquity and widespread mid-latitude glaciation at high obliquity. These cycles result in ice accumulating inside ...