Manga and his colleagues previously proposed that massive volcanic activity in the Tharsis region, home to the solar system's largest volcanoes, altered Mars' rotation and deformed the once-level ...

These are the largest organic molecules discovered on Mars to date. NASA/Dan Gallagher Despite its freezing temperatures, thin atmosphere, and lack of surface water today, scientists believe that ...

Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago, according to new research. China’s Zhurong rover and its ground-penetrating radar detected ...

Thus, the moon moves around the planet faster than the planet rotates: one Mars rotation takes it a little more than 24.5 hours. As a result, an astronaut on Mars would see Phobos rising in the west ...

as well as a change in Mars’ rotation, altered the shoreline and caused it to be uneven over time. “Because the spin axis of Mars has changed, the shape of Mars has changed. And so what used ...