Curiosity snaps a selfie before heading off to new adventures
NASA may be on the edge of its seat as it waits to see if its aging Opportunity rover will wake back up from its …
Mars
NASA is sending a desperate message to wake up Opportunity on Mars
Just last week NASA celebrated the beginning of the Opportunity rover’s 16th year on the Martian surface, but all is not well with the six-wheeled …
NASA’s Opportunity rover enters its 16th year on Mars, but it’s still dead quiet
Today, NASA is celebrating the monumental achievements of the Opportunity rover as it tallies a full 15 years on the planet Mars. The rover landed …
Elon Musk suggests the first ‘resident’ of Mars might be an AI
There’s been plenty of talk lately about future missions to Mars that will carry human crew members. It would be an incredible achievement to successfully …
Apollo astronaut thinks sending humans to Mars is ‘almost ridiculous’
Mars is the hottest topic in the space science world these days, with new rovers, orbiters, and landers finding out new and exciting things about …
The Mars InSight robot just placed its first instrument on Mars’ surface
NASA’s Mars InSight mission is moving along at a rapid pace. After landing on the planet just a few weeks ago, InSight has spent its …
This Mars crater will definitely have a white Christmas
As we creep ever closer to December 25th, there are plenty of people in the United States and abroad that are hoping there’s at least …
NASA is reconstructing the InSight lander site here on Earth
NASA’s InSight lander touched down on Mars a few weeks ago and the team of engineers and scientists handling the robot are in the midst …
NASA’s InSight lander just snapped its first selfie, and it’s a stunner
When it comes to robots on Mars, one of NASA’s many traditions is making sure its rovers snap a selfie or two while hanging out …
Here’s what wind sounds like on Mars
One of the coolest things about NASA’s new InSight lander that recently arrived on Mars is that it’ll be able to listen closely to sounds …
NASA is using a 1909 penny to learn more about seasons on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover is a powerful machine with some impressive capabilities when it comes to analyzing material samples, drilling into Martian rocks, and snapping images …
NASA’s new Mars robot just sent back some awesome photos
It was just a couple of weeks ago that NASA’s shiny new InSight lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet, sending cheers throughout NASA …
NASA’s InSight lander sends back first photos from surface of Mars
Yesterday was a big day for NASA. The InSight lander which launched early this year finally arrived at Mars and successfully landed on the planet’s …
Elon Musk says there’s a 70% chance he’s going to move to Mars
Elon Musk wants humans to make it to Mars. With his company SpaceX at his back, he’s pushed forward with some incredibly bold claims about …
NASA just landed another robot on Mars, and you should be pretty excited about that
NASA’s InSight lander has spent the bulk of 2018 flying through space towards its target, Mars. Today it finally arrived, passing through the planet’s atmosphere, …
Watch NASA’s Mars InSight landing live right here
Well the big day is finally here! After months and months of travel from Earth the InSight lander is now poised to enter the martian …
NASA just published a detailed timeline for the Monday landing of Mars InSight
On Monday, November 26th, NASA’s newest piece of high-tech space hardware will finally find its way to the surface of Mars. It’s the InSight lander, …
New study reveals secrets of Mars’ strangest moon, Phobos
Of all the moons in our solar system, the Martian moon of Phobos might be the most interesting. It’s not a near-perfect sphere like most …
Astronomers spot a thick cloud hovering above extinct Martian volcano
Mars is a dry, dusty planet that looks like a lifeless ball of rock in just about every image we see. Thick cloud cover isn’t …
NASA officially announces landing site of Mars 2020 rover, and it’s incredibly interesting
It’s been many years in the making, but NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission is currently in the home stretch. Scientists and engineers are working hard …
Bill Nye the Buzzkill Guy says we’ll never live on Mars
If you’ve been paying attention to any kind of space news over the past few years, you already know that the race to Mars is …
NASA thought it got a signal from the silent Opportunity rover, but it broke our hearts again
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover has been sitting still on Mars since June. It was then that a massive dust storm began to swallow up the …
NASA is going to live stream the touchdown of its new Mars lander
NASA has sent a number of high-tech robots to the Red Planet already, but we don’t normally hear about how things like entry and landing …
This is what a sunrise on Mars sounds like, according to a computer algorithm
Scientists know a lot about Mars, at least when it comes to what it looks like. Sound, on the other hand, is a lot more …
NASA’s InSight landing site is flat, boring, and totally perfect
When you’re sending a piece of high-tech hardware to another planet it might make sense to shoot for a location that is strange or interesting …
SpaceX’s Starman, still seated in his Tesla Roadster, just passed Mars
Time flies when you’re cruising through space in a Tesla Roadster, huh? It’s hard to believe that it’s already been nearly nine months since SpaceX …
NASA refuses to give up on silent Opportunity rover
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover isn’t doing much of anything right now, and that’s how it’s been for a number of months now. The rover was …
There might maybe possibly be life left on Mars after all, maybe
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Scientists studying Mars think there might be life lurking on the Red Planet but can’t prove it …
NASA is playing a ‘claw game’ on Mars, and it’s even more complex than your local arcade
Scoring a stuffed animal or small trinket from a classic claw game at your local arcade can leave you feeling frustrated and full of rage, …
NASA’s one last hope for reviving the Opportunity rover may rest with Mars itself
With NASA’s Hubble and Chandra spacecraft both choosing the same week to malfunction, it’s obviously been a trying time for space agency engineers who are …
