New research shows that an intense regional dust storm transported unusually high amounts of water vapor into Mars’ upper atmosphere, boosting hydrogen escape. The discovery reshapes understanding of ...

Mars, once a much wetter and more dynamic planet, is now a dry and inhospitable desert. The mystery of how the red planet lost its water has fascinated scientists for decades. A groundbreaking study ...

The Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology invites you to a virtual seminar on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to noon by Eryn Cangi. Title: Escape from terrestrial planets: water loss and the ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it’s telling us something about what the planet’s ...

Six Martian meteorites have been traced back to the craters they were ejected from on Mars millions of years ago. Finding the original sources of these alien rocks will allow us to place them in ...

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, ...