What are the best methods to explore Valles Marineris on Mars, which is the largest canyon in the solar system? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...

See the 2,500 mile-long (4000 km) Valles Marineris in imagery captured the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Global topography: ...

Among the many discoveries by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter since the mission was launched on Aug. 12, 2005, are seasonal flows on some steep slopes. These flows have a set of characteristics ...

Puzzles persist about possible water at seasonally dark streaks on Martian slopes, according to a new study of thousands of such features in the Red Planet’s largest canyon system. The study published ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (ESA/DLR/FU Berlin) A satellite orbiting Mars has captured the best-ever images of a gigantic "scar" ...

A University of Iowa research team has won a grant to study the composition and climatic origins of a 2,500-mile-long canyon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most extreme topographical features within our solar system. Its colossal ...

A team of researchers at Université de Lorraine in France, working with a colleague from Brock University in Canada, and one each from Université Clermont Auvergne and Université Lyon, both in France, ...

Labroots has rich history of examining Mars in great detail, including its suite of awesome geologic formations, stunning orbiter images, two moons, geologic and observational history, and potential ...

Mark was the science editor at Mashable. After working as a ranger with the National Park Service, he started a reporting career after seeing the extraordinary value in educating people about the ...

The transition zone between maze-like troughs of Noctis Labyrinthus and the main Valles Marineris canyon system are shown in this THEMIS visible camera image. This huge system of troughs near the ...