Mars has become the ultimate blank canvas for human ambition, a place where science fiction promises forests under a salmon sky and oceans filling ancient basins. Yet the closer scientists look at the ...

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It might be surprising to hear planetary scientist Nina Lanza use the word “disappointing” in the same sentence as “Mars.” After all, the Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher has dedicated her ...

A team of planetary scientists looks at what would be needed to make the Martian surface environment more Earth-like - and what needs to be done now if there's a hope of the Red Planet someday being ...