“The presence of liquid water [on Mars] is a broad topic that includes rains, rivers, lakes, as well as oceans,” says Ezat ...

Mars, now a dusty world of rusted rock and thin air, once carried enough water to transform its face into something far more familiar. New mapping of ancient river systems indicates that a vast ...

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean billions of years ago ...

Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean.

Ancient Mars is coming into sharper focus as a planet laced with rivers, deltas and vast drainage basins, and that new map of its watery past is rapidly reshaping where scientists intend to look for ...

Mars – dusty, dry, and desert-clad – was once so rich in water it had not just lakes, but oceans, according to a new study. Observations using ground-penetrating radar have revealed underground ...

Humans haven’t set foot on Mars — yet — but we’ve already got the maps drawn up. A new map released earlier this month shows the Red Planet in all its dusty glory. The map was created with real photos ...

Billions of years ago, it rained on Mars. The water collected in valleys and rivers, filled and spilled over the rims of craters, and was funneled into canyons, perhaps even making its way to a large ...

ESA's first mission to another world, the Mars Express orbiter, began circling the Red Planet on June 2, 2003. Ever since, ...

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have some exciting ideas about the future of digital mapping for space exploration. They completed a paper titled ...

Scientists believe modern technology to be crucial in 'supporting sustained missions' on Mars.

Google expanded its online mapping service to a third celestial body last week with ASU's help. Programmers from ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility worked with the search engine to load composite images ...