Scientist Says This Rock Discovery On Mars Is Like "Finding An Oasis In The Desert" Story by Alessandro Passalalpi • 1w. T he closest most of us will ever get to Mars are parks that resemble it.

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered an abundance of pure sulfur on Mars after it recently drove over a rock and cracked it ...

Evidently, the discovery made by accident was like “finding an oasis in the desert,” Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity’s project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Mike Smith examines grinding stones found in the Simpson Desert. ( ABC News: Ben Deacon ) Some of the mikiri were more than 7 metres deep and only as wide as a person's shoulders.

In “American Oasis,” Mr. Paoletta, a journalist and critic, focuses on the region spanning California to Texas and argues that the Southwest, if not a mistake, is poised for ecological and ...

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New research in northwest Saudi Arabia has identified the existence of a network of previously unknown walled oases.

Astronomers report a wellspring of new brown dwarf stellar companions, throwing cold water on the entire idea of the “brown dwarf desert,” the previously mystifying lack of these sub-stellar ...

As the new year approaches, finding peace in the desert, among my family’s ghosts. A busy street in downtown Palm Springs at dusk. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) By Tod Goldberg.

Dave Andrade in Palm Springs, Calif., where he recently bought a home for himself and his dog, Gus. After selling his house in Santa Cruz, 450 miles north, he hoped to spend a portion of the ...

At first sight, this picture seems to depict a stunning desert oasis, with green vegetation encircling a serene lake. But in the background of the scenery, there is a devious challenge—only ...