No astronaut has ever stepped foot on Mars, but that doesn't mean humans haven't left their mark — literally.

Anthropologists are urging space organizations to develop a record of all human-made artifacts that end up on Mars' surface.

Picture yourself as a future settler on Mars. You gaze across a cold, barren landscape painted in rusty red and gray hues.

Just as Homo sapiens once exploded out of Africa to colonize the Earth our influence is spreading in the solar system. New ...

Are human spacecraft, landers, rovers and other space-exploration debris little more than trash littering the surface of Mars ...

Exploring Mars' human artifacts as historical treasures, not trash, offering insight into humanity's space migration.

Archaeologists call for tracking and preserving artifacts left on Mars to chronicle humans’ first attempts at interplanetary ...

Bishop-elect Dr. Justin S. Holcomb will become the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida at a consecration ceremony on June 10 in Winter Park. In his role, he’ll lead 30,000 Central ...

According to study co-author Justin Holcomb, a postdoctoral researcher with the Kansas Geological Survey, "our goal is to dispel the lunar-static myth and emphasise the importance of our impact ...

Human-made objects on Mars, including spacecraft, landers, and rovers, may hold significant archaeological value rather than ...

Researchers have said that such instruments, as well as other forms of human activity on Mars, including landing sites and debris, must be preserved as part of the archaeological record of space ...

and has now begun in off-world environments,” said University of Kansas anthropologist Justin Holcomb in a press release. Holcomb and his colleagues argue that humanity is currently undergoing ...