The thin air of Mars has long been treated as a problem to be solved, a hostile mix of carbon dioxide and dust that stands between human explorers and long-term settlement. A growing body of research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars has almost no breathable oxygen. Here's why that matters, and how NASA's MOXIE could help future astronauts survive. (CREDIT: ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally turn CO₂ into oxygen (O₂) during photosynthesis, but their efficiency is ...

The discovery by the Curiosity rover has reignited the debate about life, and there’s plenty to work with. Oxygen levels rose by 30% in the Martian spring and summer. It obviously had to come from ...

NASA may be one small step closer to being able to send people to Mars all thanks to Perseverance. The rover used an instrument about the size of a toaster to take carbon dioxide that’s in Mars’ ...

The Perseverance rover may be parked at an overlook to capture any flights by the Ingenuity helicopter over the next two weeks, but it's not wasting any of its time on Mars. The rover on Tuesday ...

For all the drama around getting to Mars, the harder question starts after landing. A person can step onto the planet with food, water and shelter plans in place, but none of that matters for long ...