A Ph.D. student at the University of Sydney has produced the first comprehensive classification system and map of Martian soils, creating a new framework that could help scientists compare landscapes ...

Planetary researchers at the University of Sydney have proposed a new way to classify the soils of Mars, along with a new ...

How can Martian soil (aka regolith) be examined to know its composition for potentially growing future food in it? This is ...

If we are ever to colonise Mars and learn to grow food there, we will need to know where the very best locations are.