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Donald Trump is our planet's number one obstacle to following up on NASA's blockbuster findings about life on Mars.

Now That NASA Found Signs of Life on Mars, It’s Clear Trump Made a Massive Error

By Victor Tangermann

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is sprouting a separate, "anti-tail," as Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests.

The Mysterious Object Cruising Toward Mars Is Doing Something Very Peculiar

By Victor Tangermann

Instead of lauding its scientists, NASA's acting leader praised Trump during an announcement about the potential discovery of life on Mars.

NASA Announces Possible Discovery of Life on Mars by Comically Sucking Up to Trump

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced that its Perseverance Mars rover spotted "potential biosignatures" in an ancient dry riverbed last year.

NASA Says Its Mars Rover Has Detected Possible Signs of Life on the Red Planet

By Victor Tangermann

Seismic data collected by the NASA Insight lander point to huge foreign objects lodged in the mantle of Mars from billions of years ago.

NASA Finds Evidence That Mars Devoured Huge Chunks of Other Planets

By Frank Landymore

To Avi Loeb, 3I/ATLAS' flyby of Mars is an exceedingly rare and exciting opportunity to directly observe it using NASA's MRO spacecraft.

Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Why the New York Times Claimed Life Had Been Found on Mars

Why the New York Times Claimed Life Had Been Found on Mars

By Jon Christian

AeroVironment and NASA's JPL have shown off a wild concept for deploying six helicopters above the surface of Mars.

Bonkers NASA Mission Aims to Drop Six Helicopters Onto Mars From Space

By Victor Tangermann

What is by far the largest meteorite from Mars ever found on Earth has been bought by an anonymous collector.

Scientists Saddened as World’s Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship suffered another explosion on Wednesday, which has cast doubt on whether these ships can ever reach Mars.

Latest Starship Explosion Drastically Decreases SpaceX’s Chances of Reaching Mars Without Having to Wait Years

By Sharon Adarlo

Terraforming Mars could be as easy as one, two, three, we proclaim, reclined in our cushy very-much-on-Earth armchairs.

Scientists Reveal Easy Three-Step Plan to Terraform Mars

By Frank Landymore

The founder of the Mars Society has accused SpaceX CEO Elon Musk of derailing existing plans to explore and visit the Red Planet.

Elon Musk’s “Hubris and Arrogance” Are Ruining Our Chances of Actually Getting to Mars, Says Leading Expert

By Victor Tangermann

Planetary scientists concluded that dark streaks spotted on the surface of Mars didn't have anything to do with flowing water.

Scientists Thought They Had Spotted Flowing Water on Mars. It Turned Out to Be Something Else Entirely.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers, for the first time ever, have witnessed visible auroras over Mars — and it dwarfs anything we see on Earth.

Astronomers Stunned as Epic Mars Aurora Covers Entire Planet

By Frank Landymore

NASA has revealed that it's considering reprioritizing its goals to accelerate Elon Musk’s push to send humans to Mars.

NASA Eyes 2026 Mars Launch as Musk Pushes to Skip the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

If he had to choose between the Moon or Mars, incoming NASA administrator Jared Isaacman picked the Moon, against Elon Musk's wishes.

Incoming NASA Administrator Throws Elon Musk’s Mars Plans Under the Bus

By Victor Tangermann