Mars has meteors to thank for its wispy clouds
Mars isn’t exactly known for being a cloudy place. It’s dry, dusty, and barren, but the planet does indeed have a bit of cloud cover. …
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Mars has a brand new crater, and it sure is pretty
Mars, like any other rocky world, has its fair share of craters. These scars of ancient impacts give the dusty surface of the planet some …
NASA’s Mars orbiter spotted the ‘Star Trek’ logo on Mars and fans are freaking out
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an incredibly useful tool that allows scientists to image areas of the planet’s surface with ultra-sharp detail. It has revealed …
NASA addresses Trump’s bizarre Moon tweet, says everything is fine
It was only a couple of months ago that Donald Trump sent Mike Pence to deliver a directive to NASA, publicly commanding the space agency …
NASA is putting the finishing touches on its Mars helicopter
The Mars 2020 mission will truly be one for the record books when it begins in July of next year. Not only is the Mars …
NASA has a new plan for getting the InSight lander digging again
NASA’s InSight lander is having some problems. The robot, which has already delivered some very interesting observations since arriving on Mars late last year, can’t …
If we sent astronauts to Mars right now they’d almost certainly die
Mankind seems destined to one day set foot on Mars. NASA and other space agencies around the world are already making big plans for sending …
NASA’s Curiosity just stumbled upon evidence of an ancient Martian lake
NASA’s Curiosity rover is providing critical insights into what Mars may have been like long ago, and one of its latest discoveries helps support the …
NASA teases completed Mars 2020 spacecraft
NASA’s Curiosity rover, InSight lander, and Reconnaissance Orbiter are all doing remarkable work on and around the Red Planet, but that’s not stopping scientists from …
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just hit an absolutely crazy milestone
Of all the pieces of hardware that NASA has sent to Mars, we don’t hear about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter nearly as much as we’d …
Researcher claims life may still exist on Mars, but it’s probably hiding
As far as we know, there’s no life that currently exists on Mars. Missions to the Red Planet have yielded tantalizing clues that life may …
NASA is designing flexible robots that could find a home on Mars
Robots and space exploration go hand-in-hand, so it’s no surprise that NASA is on the forefront of experimental new robotics technologies that could be used …
NASA’s InSight robot is now covered in Mars dust, but that might actually be good news
Mars is a dry and dusty place, and strong winds can kick up huge plumes of material that block out the Sun for days, weeks, …
Massive dust storms may have sucked Martian water away
Mars as we know it today is a mostly dry, dusty place with a few pockets of ice in remote regions. It’s barren and we’re …
Here’s what a Martian sunset looks like
NASA’s InSight lander has been sitting safely on Mars for a number of months now after landing back in late 2018, and it’s already making …
NASA’s InSight lander may have just captured a ‘Marsquake’ for the first time
NASA’s Mars rovers have provided breathtaking images from the surface of Mars for many years, but listening to Mars is a whole other story. The …
NASA’s Curiosity rover just drilled a new hole on Mars
The year 2019 started off on a bittersweet note for NASA with the unfortunate demise of the incredibly trusty Opportunity rover on Mars. It was …
NASA’s Curiosity rover just witnessed two solar eclipses on Mars
When a solar eclipse is expected here on Earth, it can be a pretty big deal. Back in August of 2017, a total solar eclipse …
Here are NASA’s favorite 3D-printed Mars habitat designs
When mankind eventually makes it to Mars, it’s going to be a momentous achievement, but the travelers who first set foot on the Red Planet …
NASA’s Curiosity rover spots a bed of Earth-like pebbles
Most of the views of Mars we’ve seen have come from NASA’s trusty rovers, and while they’ve shown us some pretty stunning stuff, you can …
NASA’s InSight lander still has a big problem, and nobody is quite sure how to fix it
One of NASA’s most exciting ongoing missions is that of the InSight lander that currently calls Mars home. The robotic lander has the potential to …
This is the last gorgeous Mars panorama that Opportunity captured before it died
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover is dead, having been swallowed up and spat out by a colossal dust storm on the planet last year. We’ve said …
NASA boss says first Martian ‘likely to be a woman’
An upcoming spacewalk at the International Space Station will feature two female astronauts for the very first time. NASA didn’t specifically plan it as an …
NASA’s InSight lander tried to dig into Mars, but Mars had other plans
NASA has been quite pleased with the progress of the InSight lander mission, with just about everything going as well as could be expected. A …
China is going to Mars with a new rover next year
China got a very, very late start in its efforts to explore space. The U.S., Russia, and other countries forged new paths to the Moon …
NASA’s Curiosity rover is back to work after bizarre glitch
NASA has had an interesting start to 2019 when it comes to its Mars rovers. Just days after having to declare the Opportunity rover dead …
ESA finds evidence of massive Mars lakes where life may have once thrived
Imaging the possibility of life one existing on the surface of Mars got a whole lot easier once scientists realized the planet was once covered …
Scientists built a new rover that’s learning here on Earth how to search for life on Mars
NASA has learned a lot about Mars thanks to the efforts of its high-tech rovers. We’ve learned a lot about the composition of the planet’s …
The ESA captures stunning images of ancient waterways on Mars
Mars as we know it today is a dusty, dried-up ball of rock with a little bit of ice here and there, but things were …
NASA’s Curiosity rover entered ‘safe mode’ on Mars, but nobody knows why
You know that feeling you get when a piece of technology just isn’t working like it should, but you can’t find the cause? Whether it’s …
