The Curiosity Mars rover has detected intriguing chemical evidence, in the form of anomalous amounts of manganese oxide, ...

Jérémie Périn takes to another planet for 'Mars Express,' whose weighty ideas and sleek hand-drawn animation make for a ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic, simulating growing crops on Mars, and how deer are disrupting caribou populations.

Martian soil differs significantly from Earth’s—it lacks essential nutrients, contains perchlorates (a toxic chemical), ...

For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining ... The crops were grown in simulated Martian regolith - ...

May 1—After almost 12 years probing Mars, the Curiosity rover is still making discoveries that have scientists, well, curious. The rover has detected unusually large amounts of manganese in rock ...

For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must. It ...

NASA has big plans for space farms and there are plenty of ideas from astrobiologists for what the best crops to grow on Mars ...

Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA’s Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to “search for potential evidence of past life,” according to the official mission objectives.

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking ...

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking ...