Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) Clay minerals on Mars could have formed during the creation of the Martian crust itself, long before any water flo...

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) NASA's Curiosity rover which found that that ancient Mars had the right chemistry to support living microbes is ma...

Washington, May 31 (IANS) Ancient Mars had flowing water much longer than previously believed, suggests pale zones called "halos" with high...

London, Feb 15 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a patch of land in an ancient valley near Mars' equator that appears to have been flooded...

Fieldwork subsequently showed that these arcuate striations resulted from dune sediments that had been geochemically cemented by salts.

New York, Dec 14 (IANS) NASA's Curiosity rover has detected boron for the first time on the surface of Mars, indicating the potential for l...

New York, Sep 13 (IANS) NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has sent back spectacular colour images of layered rock formations on the Red Planet.

The new images represent Curiosity's last stop in the Murray Buttes, where the rover has been driving for just over one month.

The Tempe Fossae comprises part of the Ascuris Planum, one of the most geologically diverse regions on the planet.