A single miscalculation sent ESA’s Mars lander crashing into the Red Planet
On October 19th, the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander was supposed to make a soft touchdown on Mars. Instead, it crashed, and the ESA has …
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Astronauts going to Mars could face brain damage, study warns
Going to Mars could be bad for astronauts’ brains, a new study using rodents has found. While the Earth’s magnetosphere mostly protects people on this …
NASA’s new Mars rover doesn’t look finished
This is the final design for NASA’s newest Mars rover, which should be romping around the surface of our red neighbor. It’s packed full of …
How SpaceX plans to land on Mars in 2018
SpaceX successfully landed one of its reusable Falcon 9 rockets on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean last week, marking the company’s third consecutive …
How to watch Mars make its closest approach to Earth in years tonight
If you’re looking for a fun activity to add to your Memorial Day plans, here’s an easy one: look up. According to NASA, Mars will …
Hubble takes stunning Mars close-up pic
A new image taken by the Hubble space telescope shows Mars in incredible detail as astronomers prepare for a close-up with the red planet. Operated …
NASA releases stunning Mars gravity map
NASA has released an incredible Mars gravity map, based on data collected from three spacecraft. “Gravity maps allow us to see inside a planet, just …
NASA is working on tech that could enable trips to Mars in just 3 days
Among the many problems with manned missions to Mars is the amount of time it takes for any ship to get to the red planet. Current …
Elon Musk fears World War III could destroy humanity’s ambitions to colonize Mars
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has a lot of ambitious dreams but he also seems to worry quite a bit about apocalyptic dangers — …
UFOlogist claims he’s spotted a gigantic Martian rodent in Curiosity rover footage
If there is one thing I cannot imagine doing, it’s obsessively combing over footage beamed back to Earth from NASA’s Curiosity rover to search for …
NASA reveals how Mars transformed into a lifeless desert
NASA on Tuesday unveiled some breakthrough new research that may definitively solve the mystery of why Mars is no longer a habitable planet. The answer, …
NASA is about to announce key findings from its Mars mission – watch live right here
NASA’s announcement in late September that it found evidence of flowing water on Mars was only the beginning of the revelations that will be the result …
SpaceX is really all about going to Mars
Elon Musk’s bold SpaceX reusable rocket program may have a more audacious goal in mind than just making space travel more affordable for missions around …
NASA confirms ancient lakes existed on Mars 2 to 3 billion years ago
Billions of years ago, there were lakes shimmering on Mars. That is the conclusion from the team behind NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity, who used data …
Major breakthrough: NASA finds evidence of ‘flowing water’ on Mars
Is there life on Mars? It’s a question mankind has been asking at least since David Bowie sang about it in the early ’70s. One …
‘The Martian’ preview: This is what it would be really like to live on Mars
The Martian promises to be one of the hottest movies of the year and a great space film in general, one that’s been made with help from …
Watch Elon Musk tell Colbert his insane plan to make Mars habitable
Elon Musk, the mad genius behind both Tesla and SpaceX, wants to see humanity colonize Mars. The problem, of course, is that Mars is not …
We Definitely Want to Live on Mars – Here’s How We Plan to Tame the Red Planet
Living on Mars isn’t exactly something we can do today, but future generations might choose to settle there, once we’ve tamed the red planet. To …
Morons Believe This Pyramid-Shaped Rock Proves There’s Life on Mars
Is there life on Mars? It’s something that humans have been pondering even before David Bowie first asked the question back in 1971. While it’s a …
Buzz Aldrin tweets an epic photo for the ages
When it comes to moon travel, astronaut Buzz Aldrin has already been there and done that. As the second man to ever walk on the …
