According to research using images from a NASA orbiter, sand dunes in a vast area of northern Mars, long thought to be frozen in time, are changing with both sudden and gradual motions. These dune ...

A new digital map offers an impressive rendering of the Mars landscape. Using NASA open data, Ordnance Survey, the U.K.'s national mapping agency, has surveyed part of the red planet’s surface to ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

New research recently revealed that, 3.5 billion years ago, a volcano half the size of France erupted on Mars, and it displaced the planet’s outer layers. In other words, the planet’s North and South ...

A Queen’s University researcher has discovered a mineral that could explain the mountainous landscape of Mars, and have implications for NASA’s next mission to the planet. “Satellites orbiting Mars ...

The Mars Society is conducting the ambitious two-phase Mars 160 Twin Desert-Arctic Analog mission to study how seven crewmembers could live, work and perform science on a true mission to Mars. Mars ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Billions of years ago, the surface of Mars was dotted with massive ...

The NASA photos shed light onto the geological processes that have shaped the surface of Mars for millions of years. Believed to have once resembled a young Earth, Mars today is a barren landscape of ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...