In the context of Mars, a habitable zone for photosynthesizing microbes could exist beneath a certain amount of ice. Too shallow and the strong ultraviolet radiation will cook them, but too deep ...

A new study by planetary scientists at Brown University and the University of Bern in Switzerland casts doubt on one of the ...

Mars used to have oceans ... However, new maps of the planet created by US Geological Survey (USGS) scientists reveal that habitable oases once littered the bottom of Valles Marineris — a ...

Mars may have hosted life billions of years ago, a possibility that has long intrigued scientists. Now, new evidence suggests ...

Analysis of the sample revealed that Mars was once habitable for primitive life about 3.8 billion years ago, NASA scientists announced March 12, 2013. [Full Story] This false-color map shows the ...

"Briny water on Mars may or may not be habitable to microbes, either from Earth or from Mars," McEwen said. Martian life may be able to survive even in places where water doesn't seep and flow ...

An ancient meteor strike on Mars has revealed the first direct evidence of how warm liquid water may have shaped a habitable underground environment. This first-time discovery of carbonates in an ...

Earth is the only currently habitable planet in our solar system, but that’s never stopped scientists from proposing ways to make Mars a little more human-friendly. In a 1971 paper, astronomer ...

New research has uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, revealing the planet may have been habitable at some point in its past. New Curtin ...

is one of the best ways to help make Mars more habitable. Since transporting these catalysts from the Earth would lead to high costs, researchers continue to look for ways to synthesise them using ...