Time really does move faster on Mars, but the breakthrough that confirms it did not come from a spacecraft’s stopwatch.

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

A new analysis of Mars’ gravitational field has revealed hidden structures buried beneath the remains of an ancient ocean. The work, which was presented this week at the Europlanetary Science Congress ...

Research conducted by two physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US reveals that ...

What did Mars look like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study presented at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2024 hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated mysterious ...

Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously thought. In a new study, researchers at the University of Rochester—including ...

New research presented at the Europlanet Science Congress this week has uncovered astonishing findings beneath the dusty surface of Mars. The study points to evidence that suggests the Red Planet once ...

“This is a really important operational evaluation of human health and performance that NASA is doing in preparation to land the first humans on Mars. In CHAPEA, we mimic what is the Mars surface ...

There might be a hidden ocean's worth of liquid water below the surface of Mars, seismic evidence suggests. According to a new paper published April 25 in the journal National Science Review, ...

An enormous plume of magma is slowly but steadily rising underneath Mars and could one day provoke an eruption of the solar system's tallest volcano. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

NIST scientists calculated that clocks on Mars would be an average of 477 millionths of a second faster than clocks telling ...