These rocks turned out to contain a mineral called kaolinite, which on Earth forms in warm, rainy environments or near hot ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

The redness of Mars has made the planet one of the most recognizable in the solar system with its hue serving as a topic of ...

Kaolinite is a soft, earthy, usually white, mineral produced by the chemical weathering of aluminium silicate minerals like ...

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

There are, to be fair, a lot of things we don't know about the geological history of Mars, but the discovery of scads of pure sulfur just hanging about on the Martian surface suggests that there's ...

Astronomers have made a remarkable discovery on Mars that could revolutionise our understanding of the red planet's history.

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Scientists have discovered kaolinite mineral on Mars, providing new evidence that the planet was once warm and wet.

Mars' atmosphere moves differently from Earth's due to gravity waves. These waves affect air circulation at high altitudes.

How's the weather up there? On Mars, weather forecasts haven't always been right at our fingertips. Now, recent research from ...