The hunt for past life on Mars has been an astrobiological obsession for the last three decades. But to truly understand any planet, we first need to grasp both the internal geophysics and planetary ...

A giant collision in Mars’ early history created a global magma ocean and buried large fragments of debris deep within the young planet. As Mars cooled, it formed a solid crust — eventually becoming a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Martian meteorite in cross-polarized light. This meteorite is dominated by the mineral olivine. Each grain is about half a ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Forget neat, smooth layers — Mars' interior is a chunky mix. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New research suggests the interior ...

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made largely of water ice—the most obvious sign that Mars was once a wetter, warmer ...

Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars. It’s not that hard for scientists to ...

If you haven't had your dinner yet, look away now. A mouth–watering new study has revealed exactly what the interior of Mars looks like – with scientists comparing the structure to a Rocky Road. Until ...

Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites—rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together—only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars. It's not that hard for scientists to ...

Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars. It’s not that hard for scientists to ...