While the early climate of Mars remains an open question, a new study suggests that its atmosphere may have been hospitable to life due to volcanic activity that emitted sulfur gases that contributed to a greenhouse warming effect.

Mars has long captured the imagination as humanity’s potential next home. The red planet looks inviting from a distance, but the reality is far from hospitable. Even a brief visit is a challenge for life as we know it.

Scientists have long been fascinated by Mars, studying the rocks and minerals on its surface, and they might have learned something new about its past.

Dust storms on Mars were first observed by an astronomer using a telescope in 1796, according to NASA — and yet today, the powerful storms that can engulf the entire planet are still a mystery. To help solve that mystery, scientists at the University of ...

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Viking 2, a Mars lander nearly identical to Viking 1, successfully landed on Mars approximately one month after Viking 1's landing. Both Viking landers shared a common mission encompassing global mapping of Mars,