The past fifteen years of orbital infrared spectroscopy and in situ exploration have led to a
new understanding of the composition and history of Mars. Globally, Mars has a basaltic …

To assess Mars' potential for both harboring life and providing useable resources for future
human exploration, it is of paramount importance to comprehend the water situation on the …

Noachian-aged Jezero crater is the only known location on Mars where clear orbital
detections of carbonates are found in close proximity to clear fluvio-lacustrine features …

As the search for Earth-like exoplanets gathers pace, in order to understand them, we need
comprehensive theories for how planetary atmospheres form and evolve. Written by two well …

Global mineralogical map** of Mars by the Observatoire pour la Mineralogie, l'Eau, les
Glaces et l'Activité (OMEGA) instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express …

Samples from the Rocknest aeolian deposit were heated to~ 835° C under helium flow and
evolved gases analyzed by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite. H2O, SO2 …

Geochemical models for Mars predict carbonate formation during aqueous alteration.
Carbonate-bearing rocks had not previously been detected on Mars' surface, but Mars …

Perseverance explored two geological units on the floor of Jezero Crater over the first 420
Martian days of the Mars2020 mission. These units, the Máaz and Séítah formations, are …

Decades of speculation about a warmer, wetter Mars climate in the planet's first billion years
postulate a denser CO2-rich atmosphere than at present. Such an atmosphere should have …

The presence of valleys on ancient terrains of Mars suggests that liquid water flowed on the
martian surface 3.8 Gyr ago or before. The above-freezing temperatures required to explain …