Lockheed Martin’s reusable Mars lander looks absolutely awesome
Humans are going to Mars. We don’t know exactly when, who it will be, or exactly what spacecraft will be the first to make the …
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Simulated Mars settlement will be built near Dubai, spanning 1.9 million square feet
Humans aren’t quite ready to make the journey to the red planet just yet, but once we are, we’ll need to know exactly what kind …
‘Martian’ scientists emerge from eight months in isolation on Hawaiian volcano
Hawaii is one of the most popular vacation destinations on the planet so it’s obviously a pretty great place to spend some time, being cooped …
New discovery hints that Mars could have once supported life
The Mars we see today is a far cry from what it looked like many millions or even billions of years ago. The planet’s dry, …
NASA’s next Mars spacecraft is going to look inside the planet, and nobody knows what it might find
NASA’s Mars rovers regularly send back awesome images of the red planet, not to mention an incredible wealth of scientific data, but that’s not stopping …
Astronaut pee could be turned into plastics
Astronauts are masters at recycling, and the brave space farers aboard the International Space Station already repurpose urine and the humidity they exhale into drinking …
Mars is a winter wonderland at night
When you think of the surface of Mars you probably think of a dusty, largely featureless wasteland of orange dust and jagged rocks right? Thanks …
Watch five years of the Curiosity rover’s travels in a five minute time-lapse
NASA’s Curiosity rover just celebrated its five year anniversary on Mars, which is one mighty impressive milestone for a vehicle whose primary mission was initially …
Mars rover sends home spectacular panorama
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity continues to perform some amazing feats despite being long overdue for its expected retirement. The rover, having ventured to a somewhat …
Gorgeous Hubble photo of Mars ‘photobombed’ by tiny moon
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope consistently delivers breathtaking views of the planets in our galactic neighborhood, but when it set its sights on Mars recently for …
Congressman asks NASA scientist about ancient Martian civilizations, and things get awkward
Being an elected official means that you should probably have a working knowledge of whatever topic it is you’re planning to publicly address at any …
NASA finally admits it has no money to land on Mars
NASA has a bold plan to reach Mars by 2030, but that doesn’t mean it’ll actually land on the red planet. In fact, it looks …
If you were hoping for signs of life on Mars, science has some bad news
Mars as we know it today is an extremely hostile planet when it comes to life, but there’s always been the possibility that life in …
Can you spot the Curiosity rover in this photo of Mars?
NASA’s Curiosity rover has delivered some seriously stellar views of Mars to us back on Earth, but it’s easy to forget that the dusty, durable …
Stephen Hawking wants humanity to leave Earth as soon as possible
Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has been extremely vocal in recent months about his feelings that humanity needs to get off of Earth as soon as …
Elon Musk is planning a city on Mars, and here’s why
If there’s one thing you can definitively say about Elon Musk it’s that most certainly does not lack ambition. The boss of SpaceX, Tesla, and …
NASA’s new Mars rover is completely insane
Thus far, NASA has landed a total of four rovers on Mars, and while the conversation surrounding sending humans to the red planet is a …
There’s a giant hole on Mars, and scientists can’t figure out where it came from
Humans have now had rovers active on Mars for almost two full decades, which is enough time that we’ve learned plenty about the Martian landscape. …
If you’re hoping humans find evidence of life on Mars, scientists have some very good news
Despite all of the breathtaking photos, video, observations, and scientific discoveries that have happened so far on Mars — thanks to probes, rovers, and the …
Mars rover reaches site that scientists still can’t explain
When new discoveries on Mars are made you typically see the name “Curiosity” associated with them, but NASA has another rover cruising around the martian …
The first trip to Mars will include the longest layover ever
Nobody likes layovers, but the first astronauts heading to Mars will get to experience one of the longest such experiences of their lives. They’ll have …
Humanity needs to abandon Earth way sooner than you think, according to Stephen Hawking
While much of humanity concerns itself with saving the planet from the ravages mankind has inflicted upon it, one of the world’s brightest minds is …
Scientists just discovered something awesome about the soil on Mars
Humans will one day walk on Mars and while it almost certainly won’t happen on the fever-dream timeline that Donald Trump seems to think is …
Does Donald Trump actually know where Mars is?
Earlier today, President Trump took time out of his busy schedule to video-call the American astronauts aboard the International Space Station. In between comments on …
NASA finally thinks it knows where all of Mars’ water went
The idea that Mars was once covered in vast oceans is a relatively new theory in the grand scheme of things, but the support evidence has …
Did an astroid strike a Martian ocean and create a cataclysmic tsunami?
There’s no shortage of theories about what Mars was like billions of years ago. The prevailing guess is that water was abundant, and there may …
Uh oh, the Curiosity rover’s wheels are starting to fall apart
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been cruising along the martian surface for some time now. It doesn’t move particularly fast, and in the years that it’s …
Scientists just proved an Earth vegetable can grow on Mars
NASA scientists researching Mars with their fancy robots always snag the sexy headlines, but here on Earth some diligent researchers have been conducting experiments that …
NASA’s $600+ million MAVEN orbiter swerved to avoid slamming into a Martian moon
Space is a big, mostly empty place, but every once in a while a pricey piece of Earth machinery ends up in a tight squeeze …
The Mars rover just sent back data that has scientists completely stumped
The Curiosity rover has been cruising around on Mars since late 2012, so you’d think that scientists would have a pretty good handle on the …
