The Viking missions paved the way for future Mars missions and helped researchers understand the red planet’s climate and ...

NASA's Viking missions in the 1970s were groundbreaking, marking the first time humanity sent spacecraft to Mars with the goal of searching for life. Viking 1, launched in 1975, landed on the Martian ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL In 1975, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, carrying a ...

Dust devils form when the planet’s surface heats up, pushing hot air close to the ground rapidly up through cooler air above.

The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The discovery represents "the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars," NASA acting ...

We may already have ‘met’ Martian organisms, according to a paper presented Sunday (Jan. 7) at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle. Dirk Schulze-Makuch of Washington State ...

Could NASA’s Viking missions have wiped out life on Mars before we even knew it existed? According to an expert at Daily Galaxy, startling theory suggests that our search for Martian life may have ...

Seek signs of life on the red planet and collect rock and soil samples to bring back for a potential return to Earth. Today you can track the Perseverance Rover online while it trundles around Mars, ...

If it pans out, it may complicate Elon Musk’s dreams of founding a settlement on the fourth planet from the sun.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joel S. Levine, William & Mary (THE CONVERSATION) Finding life beyond the Earth would ...