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Earlier this year, NASA fired up a "next generation" prototype electric thruster, cranking it up to record power levels.

NASA Fires Up Futuristic Plasma Thruster Designed to Take Us to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, there might be a way to cut the journey to Mars down significantly by considering the trajectories of asteroids.

There’s a Hidden Shortcut to Mars, Scientific Paper Finds

By Victor Tangermann

New images released by the European Space Agency picture a shadowy presence spreading across the surface of Mars.

Scientists Puzzled by Huge Shadowy Blight Spreading Across Surface of Mars

By Frank Landymore

Rocky, cracked terrain with a reddish-brown hue, featuring fragmented and weathered rock formations. The lower left corner shows part of a mechanical structure with the word "CURIOSITY" partially visible, indicating the image was taken by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.

NASA’s Mars Rover Comes Across Formation That Looks Like the Scales of a Massive Cosmic Reptile

By Sharon Adarlo

Experts say Trump's proposed budget for NASA is incredibly vague, "sloppy," and extremely likely to be shot down by Congress.

There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump’s Disastrous New NASA Budget

By Victor Tangermann

Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering.

SpaceX Files for IPO

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've come up with an explanation for the acceleration of Mars' rotation after spotting a "negative mass anomaly."

Scientists Intrigued by “Negative Mass Anomaly” Under Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Conspiracy theorists suggested they had stumbled upon a pyramid on Mars that could've been built by aliens. Scientists are not buying it.

Why Is Everyone Losing Their Minds Over This Little Old Mars Pyramid?

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is putting Mars back in the crosshairs with a first-of-its-kind nuclear mission it says will launch by the end of 2028.

NASA Announces Nuclear Mission to Mars by 2028

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has been exploring a curious geological formation made up of ridges that look like spiderwebs from space.

NASA Rover Exploring Strange, Haunting Structures on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers argue that the presence of long chain carbon molecules on Mars "cannot be readily explained" by non-biological processes alone.

NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

An image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover shows its LED lights lighting up a hole it drilled into the surface of the rock.

This Photo of Mars at Night Is Straight Up Haunting

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers used satellite data to calculate and simulate the sea level in a canyon, getting a glimpse of a huge ocean.

Scientists Astonished by Glimpse of Huge, Ancient Ocean on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA planetary science division director Louise Prockter conceded that the agency is "very unlikely" to recover its MAVEN Mars orbiter.

NASA Has Some Very Bad News About Its Mars Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid that spins so fast, it should've torn itself apart.

Asteroid Behaving Strangely

By Victor Tangermann

For future Moon missions, South Korean scientists created a small rover with a special wheel that can expand and contract like kinetic art.

Korea Tests Ultra-Rugged Robot to Explore the Moon’s Mysterious Caves

By Sharon Adarlo