Artist envisions what a Martian mini-house might look like
Mankind isn’t ready to go to Mars… at least not yet. Space agencies and scientific groups from around the world are working hard towards the …
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NASA forced its Curiosity rover to use its backup ‘brain’ after it started acting up
NASA has had a recent run of incredible success with its Mars missions. The possibly-now-dead Opportunity rover has already managed to outlast its expected lifespan …
Traveling to Mars could give you gut cancer, and that’s not good
Getting a manned mission safely to Mars would be the greatest space-age accomplishment of all time. Humans have never visited another planet, and while we’ve …
The University of Central Florida made fake Mars dirt, and now it’s selling it
Mars is a long, long way away, but it’s abundantly clear that getting there is mankind’s next great challenge. Space agencies from around the world …
NASA’s Mars orbiter just spotted the still-silent Opportunity rover, and things aren’t looking good
It’s now been several months since NASA’s Opportunity rover fell silent. A massive dust storm on Mars shrouded the planet in darkness and cut off …
Mars may have supported underground life, but it was a long time ago
When mankind first noticed Mars in the sky there were surely plenty of people who wondered if life was roaming around on its surface. In …
The tiny Mars moon Phobos might be the byproduct of a massive collision
Mars is a pretty important place these days, what with space agencies around the world doing their best to get there and SpaceX suggesting it’ll …
Elon Musk shows off concept for SpaceX Mars base, says it could be underway by 2028
Never let it be said that Elon Musk isn’t one heck of an optimist. The SpaceX boss has been doing a whole lot of forecasting …
Uh oh, there might be something wrong with NASA’s Curiosity rover now
NASA’s rover situation on Mars is, well, complicated. The aging Opportunity rover was swallowed up by the planet-wide dust storm that covered Mars earlier this …
The clock is now officially ticking on NASA’s sleeping Opportunity rover
Even if you aren’t particularly interested in space or science news you’ve probably heard about the plight of NASA’s Opportunity rover. The plucky robot, which …
NASA’s Curiosity rover just snapped a stunning 360-degree panorama of Mars
NASA’s Opportunity rover might be taking an extended nap at the moment (please don’t say it’s dead!) but the Curiosity rover is wide awake and …
Hope dwindles as NASA’s Opportunity rover refuses to contact Earth
Time flies when you’re trying to message a rover that just won’t wake up. It’s now been nearly three full months since NASA has heard …
NASA will pay you up to $750,000 to come up with a way to turn CO2 into other molecules on Mars
When NASA launches manned missions to space they have to bring just about everything along with them. You can’t reach out into space for resources …
NASA crosses its fingers as skies over its sleeping Opportunity rover continue to clear up
The saga of the Mars dust storm that may have killed NASA’s Opportunity rover may still come with a twist ending. The rover, which has …
NASA’s Mars-probe InSight spacecraft is halfway to the Red Planet
NASA might already have plenty of hardware on and around Mars — it’ll have one less if Opportunity never wakes back up — but more …
The Mars Opportunity rover might be busted even if it wakes back up
In case you haven’t been keeping track of the plight of NASA’s Opportunity rover, I’ll get you caught back up: A dust storm covered Mars, …
NASA finally figured out what this ‘foreign object’ on Mars actually is
Despite what so many people would love to believe, NASA hasn’t discovered any evidence of past or present intelligent life on Mars. So, when the …
NASA just found a Muppet on Mars, and Yoshi is there, too
NASA has been poking around the dust and rock on Mars for some time now, and as far as we know there’s nothing to indicate …
Here’s NASA’s playlist of songs that it’s hoping will wake up the Opportunity rover
NASA’s Opportunity rover is currently sitting quietly on Mars, not doing much of anything. It’s been in a state of dormancy ever since a colossal …
NASA’s Opportunity rover still hasn’t woken up from a Mars dust storm, and engineers are getting nervous
NASA’s Opportunity rover has had an incredible career already, spending years upon years studying the Martian surface and proving to be an incredibly reliable and …
NASA’s Curiosity rover just celebrated its sixth birthday, but it didn’t sing itself a song
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been delivering all kinds of fantastic data and observations from the Martian surface since it landed back in 2012, and …
Elon Musk claims scientists are wrong about Mars terraforming, says we can definitely do it
Elon Musk has long had his sights set on an eventual goal of making Mars a more habitable planet. His dreams of manned SpaceX flights …
NASA says dropping a bomb on Mars is probably not going to make it a better place to live
Mars is the most Earth-like planet in our Solar System. It’s rocky, it’s not too big or too small, and its temperature isn’t that far …
NASA still hasn’t decided on a spacesuit for future missions, and it’s getting kind of silly
NASA stands at the very edge of an incredibly exciting time in space exploration. Mankind has discovered incredibly interesting things on Mars as well as …
Mars looks so weird right now
NASA’s Hubble might be aging rapidly but it’s still capable of taking some really, really fantastic photos. Scientists recently pointed the telescope at both Mars …
The United States will probably be late for its date with Mars
Mankind is determined to walk on the Red Planet sooner rather than later, and when man finally sets foot on Mars it’ll truly be a …
Researchers spot what looks like a standing ‘lake’ of water on Mars
The hunt for evidence of past or present life on Mars has gotten a number of boosts in recent decades, including the discovery of what …
The massive dust storm on Mars has completely changed how the planet looks
Remember that giant, planet-wide dust storm that sprung up on Mars in late May? Yeah, well, it’s still going on. Initially thought to be a …
The Curiosity rover finally found a rock too hard to crack, but it tried anyway
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been doing some fantastic work on Mars, and even though it had to basically reinvent how it uses its primary sampling …
NASA finds ‘spiders’ on Mars, but not the kind you’re thinking
The search for evidence of past life on Mars is a long, complicated endeavor that NASA has devoted an incredible amount of time and money …
