Mars’ North Pole looks so bizarre in new photo by ExoMars orbiter
The Mars we often seen in photos from rovers and orbiters is dry, dusty, and barren, but there are parts of the planet that, when …
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NASA’s solar-powered helicopter is getting ready for its journey to Mars
With less than a year to go before NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is scheduled to launch, it’s an “all hands on deck” affair at the …
Elon Musk walks back ‘Nuke Mars’ idea, says maybe satellites will work better
It’s only been a few days since SpaceX boss Elon Musk fired off a tweet reminding everyone that he wants to “nuke Mars,” but he’s …
Europe’s new Mars rover has alien-hunting eyes
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is inching toward its eventual launch in July of next year, but it’s not the only rover that has an upcoming …
Mars was once warm and rainy before turning frigid, study finds
Scientists have learned a lot about Mars in recent years, and based on observations from the fancy hardware NASA has sent to the Red Planet …
Elon Musk is once again on a quest to ‘nuke Mars’
If there’s one thing you can say about Elon Musk it’s that he’s never lacked ambition. He’s founded a number of successful companies, and with …
NASA went to Iceland and pretended it was Mars
The scheduled launch date of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is rapidly approaching, and with less than a year to go, it’s truly crunch time for …
NASA’s methane discovery on Mars just got a whole lot more interesting
Back in late June, NASA revealed that sensors on its Curiosity rover were returning alarmingly high readings of methane that came seemingly out of nowhere. …
NASA’s Curiosity rover stumbled upon a Martian rock that tells an incredible story
We tend to think of rocks as being, well, pretty boring. We find them pretty much everywhere here on Earth, and while some are neat …
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover just had an eye exam
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is now less than one year away from finally being shot skyward toward the Red Planet, and NASA engineers are hard …
NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating seven incredible years on Mars
Earlier this year, NASA was forced to finally say goodbye to the trust Opportunity rover. It was a sad time for the space agency since …
Study details how radiation exposure will mess with Mars travelers’ minds
Pretend, for a moment, that you’re one of the first travelers taking a trip to Mars. What would be on your mind? Surely the journey …
An ancient Mars crater likely spawned a devastating mega-tsunami
The Mars we know today is dry, dusty, and (probably) devoid of life, but that wasn’t always the case. Scientists believe Mars was once a …
NASA just hired SpaceX to figure out how to refuel ships in space
Traveling to the Moon is hard, and sending crewed spacecraft to other planets will be even harder. One of the major challenges in deep space …
Watch scientists endure the intense shaking of a Marsquake simulation
Humans have never set foot on Mars, but that’s not stopping scientists from doing their best to understand what it might be like when that …
Red wine may hold a secret that will keep Mars travelers fit
As NASA slowly inches towards the day when it can finally send human travelers to Mars, scientists are doing their best to make sure those …
Making Mars habitable might be possible thanks to aerogel
As far as anyone knows, Mars is currently totally devoid of life. We don’t know if that was always the case, but we know that …
NASA boss Bridenstine thinks we’d be on Mars already if politics didn’t get in the way
NASA’s Mars exploration projects have yielded many surprising discoveries over the years, and we know more about the Red Planet today than we ever have …
NASA takes a nostalgic look back at its very first Mars rover
Today, NASA’s Curiosity rover spends its days exploring the Martian landscape and eagerly awaiting the arrival of its newest sibling, the Mars 2020 rover, which …
NASA initiates plan to rescue its robot that’s stuck on Mars
NASA’s newest Mars robot has a serious problem. The InSight lander is a relative newcomer to the Red Planet, having safely arrived at its chosen …
NASA’s search for signs of life on Mars yields another shock
It was just a couple of days ago that NASA announced something pretty exciting about Mars. Its Curiosity rover had detected shockingly high levels of …
NASA needs a name for its 2020 rover, and you can help!
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is coming together rapidly, with engineers piecing together the shiny new rover and preparing all of the instruments it’ll use once …
New Mars rover discovery hints at life, but we’re not there yet
NASA’s Mars missions have provided mankind with a wealth of knowledge about our dusty orange neighbor, but signs of life have been hard to come …
NASA’s Curiosity rover saw something flash on Mars, and people are freaking out
Mars is almost certainly the next place in our solar system where humans will travel. We’re still many years from actually seeing mankind roaming the …
Mars has meteors to thank for its wispy clouds
Mars isn’t exactly known for being a cloudy place. It’s dry, dusty, and barren, but the planet does indeed have a bit of cloud cover. …
Mars has a brand new crater, and it sure is pretty
Mars, like any other rocky world, has its fair share of craters. These scars of ancient impacts give the dusty surface of the planet some …
NASA’s Mars orbiter spotted the ‘Star Trek’ logo on Mars and fans are freaking out
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an incredibly useful tool that allows scientists to image areas of the planet’s surface with ultra-sharp detail. It has revealed …
NASA addresses Trump’s bizarre Moon tweet, says everything is fine
It was only a couple of months ago that Donald Trump sent Mike Pence to deliver a directive to NASA, publicly commanding the space agency …
NASA is putting the finishing touches on its Mars helicopter
The Mars 2020 mission will truly be one for the record books when it begins in July of next year. Not only is the Mars …
NASA has a new plan for getting the InSight lander digging again
NASA’s InSight lander is having some problems. The robot, which has already delivered some very interesting observations since arriving on Mars late last year, can’t …
