For decades, scientists have puzzled over why Earth stayed warm and alive while Mars turned cold and dry. Both planets began with similar ingredients—rocky surfaces, carbon, water, and sunlight—but ...

Explore how ESCAPADE aims to uncover Mars' secrets and ensure safe astronaut missions with new insights into the planet's ...

A desert moss could be the key to terraforming Mars, according to a recent study published by Chinese scientists. Due to its extraordinary resilience, Syntrichia caninervis (S. caninervis), a moss ...

Syntrichia caninervis, a desert moss, demonstrated exceptional resilience to extreme conditions mimicking the Martian environment, including prolonged freezing temperatures (-196°C), high radiation ...

The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA) has become a major sponsor of the Mars Society’s Mars Desert ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. If you’re a living organism, the ...

Scientists have long known that ancient rivers carved channels across Mars, but the exact pathway of water between the surface and subsurface has remained elusive. A recent study led by graduate ...

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant to prepare humans for life on Mars. The Mars Society, a nonprofit ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – A passionate teacher can make any subject come alive for students, and NASA is helping to fuel that passion. On March 25-30, 2007, NASA’s Spaceward Bound project at the ...