NASA rover recorded a breathtaking solar eclipse from Mars
Back in 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on the Red Planet. The landing marked the beginning of a new era for studying the Martian world. …
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Bacteria could be key to letting humans breathe on Mars
One of the biggest obstacles facing NASA’s goal of putting humans on Mars is providing much-needed consumables like water, oxygen, and food. The current goal …
NASA wants to make futuristic tech so we can breathe on Mars
NASA just greenlit the study of several futuristic tech concepts, including one that could let you breathe on Mars. The projects are part of the …
NASA may have discovered evidence of ancient life on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Rover continues to send back new information about the Red Planet on a frequent basis. The latest discovery brings news of an interesting …
One of our most incredible discoveries on Mars might just be a mirage
Way back in 2018, scientists discovered the Martian south pole. It was an incredible find. At the time, it garnered a lot of hope that …
NASA has found evidence of life’s building blocks on Mars
Perseverance, NASA’s Mars rover, has found evidence of organic chemicals, life’s building blocks, on the planet. The team behind the rover announced the discovery on …
Scientists came up with a crazy plan to make Mars habitable
There’s a new plan could make life on Mars more of a possibility. The plan is built around the idea of giving Mars an artificial …
This is what scientists found when they peered deep beneath the surface of Mars
New data from the exploration of Mars has provided more evidence of Mars’ volcanic past. The new study, which was published in Nature Communications, details …
Why evidence of life on Mars could be fake
We’ve already seen geological evidence that suggests Mars could have been habitable billions of years ago. A new study in the Journal of the Geological …
China may have snapped the greatest Mars selfie ever
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is well underway, with the Perseverance rover beginning its science phase and the Ingenuity helicopter having accomplished a lot in a …
NASA’s Perseverance rover shoots lasers that can vaporize rocks
By now you already know that NASA’s Perseverance rover is an impressive machine. It survived the long journey from Earth to Mars, landed in one …
NASA’s Perseverance rover is finally getting down to business
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars way back in February. Just moments after its safe touchdown, the massive machine sent back images of the Martian …
Ingenuity survived its first near-death experience on Mars
Ingenuity is probably the world’s favorite helicopter — if ever there was one. It’s the first human-made vehicle that flew on Mars, not counting the …
NASA says there are probably organic salts on Mars
NASA has been studying Mars for a long time now. Scientists working with the various rovers that have been sent to the Martian surface have …
China just published new Mars photos way earlier than anticipated
It was only yesterday that Chinese officials made it sound like we’d be waiting at least a couple more weeks to see the first photos …
China nailed its Mars landing – here’s what comes next
NASA’s Perseverance rover may be taking the lion’s share of the science headlines this year but it’s about to have some stiff competition. China, which …
China just landed a rover on Mars
Perseverance and Curiosity have company on Mars, as of around 7:00 PM EST on Friday. China brought its lander down to the surface of the …
NASA finally let Perseverance stretch its arms and do some work
NASA fancy new Perseverance rover has been sitting on Mars since late February. It landed perfectly and everything has been going well in the months …
China will attempt its Mars rover landing this week
NASA’s Perseverance rover and its tiny Ingenuity helicopter companion have been stealing the lion’s share of science headlines as of late, but they’re not the …
NASA nails fifth Mars helicopter flight
NASA has had a great deal of success with its Mars helicopter Ingenuity. The aircraft took the long trip from Earth to the Red Planet …
Is this proof that there’s actually life on Mars?
We know there are no large, complex life forms on Mars. We know this because we’ve sent so much hardware to the Red Planet that …
NASA’s Mars helicopter is exceeding expectations in every way
NASA’s Mars helicopter has already completed four flights on the Red Planet. According to the Ingenuity team, it’s completed everything it needs to in order …
Scientists are pretending Hawaii is Mars
Humans have never traveled to another planet. We’ve visited Earth’s moon but despite sending rovers, orbiters, and probes to places like Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and …
Now it’s time to see what the Mars helicopter can really do
Sending a helicopter to Mars is something that had never been done before NASA strapped one to the belly of the might Perseverance rover and …
This is the best video of NASA’s Mars helicopter yet
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter has already accomplished a lot during its brief time on the Red Planet. It became the first manmade aircraft to sustain …
NASA’s Mars helicopter took a photo, and it’s a beauty
NASA’s Mars helicopter has now logged multiple flights on the Red Planet, claiming a number of “firsts” along the way. The aircraft is officially the …
NASA’s Mars helicopter just took an extremely long flight
NASA is moving fast with its Ingenuity helicopter trials on Mars. In its first flight, the tiny aircraft took off, hovered, and landed in place. …
A robot just made oxygen on Mars, which is a huge deal
Robots are a lot easier to send to other planets than humans are. For one, they don’t complain nearly as much. On top of that, …
NASA’s Mars InSight lander may be in deep trouble
Of all the missions that NASA has sent to Mars over the past decade, the InSight lander might be the one that has caused the …
This Mars image looks unreal, and it sort of is
The image you see above is the surface of Mars. I know that’s hard to believe since you normally see Mars in dusty, vaguely orangish …
