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Speaking at the Mars Society's convention last week, Elon Musk claimed that SpaceX has a "fighting chance" to send a Starship to Mars in 2024.

Elon Musk Wants to Send First Starship to Mars in 2024

By Victor Tangermann

Mars was in opposition while passing near Earth this week, so space photographers had a field day with the rare occurrence.

Mars Was so Close This Week That You Can See Its Surface From Your Backyard

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's four-wheeled rover called DuAxel can split into two separate two-wheeled rovers, and is intended to explore hard to reach places in faraway places.

NASA Shows Off Transforming Rover for Exploring Steep Cliffs on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

The Italian scientists who found an undergound lake beneath the south pole of Mars revisited their data — and uncovered three more.

Scientists Just Found Three More Reservoirs of Liquid Water on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists claim they have determined a way to figure out if there's life living underground on faraway places, including the Moon and Mars.

Harvard Study: We Shouldn’t Rule Out Underground Life on the Moon and Mars

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers are suggesting we could use one of the most common organic polymers on Earth to construct shelters on Mars.

Scientists: We Could Build Mars Shelters Out of Insect Polymers and Martian Soil

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, acidic fluids may have long destroyed evidence of past biological life inside Martian clay on the Red Planet's surface.

Acids May Have Destroyed Evidence of Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

During a virtual summit on Monday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk elaborated on his ambitions of building a self-sustaining city on Mars — and the dangers involved.

Elon Musk: “Good Chance You’ll Die” On Mars

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have uploaded a fascinating GIF video of a dust devil rolling over the Red Planet's Gale crater.

NASA Shows Off GIF of a Dust Devil on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers in Japan say bacteria could survive on the outside of a spacecraft for the entire duration of a trip to Mars.

Scientists: Bacteria Could Survive Trip to Mars on Outside of Spacecraft

By Jon Christian

NASA just powered up its Ingenuity Mars helicopter for the first time — not on the Martian surface, but in the middle of interplanetary space.

NASA Just Powered Up Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

The "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander is officially "in" according to an update by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

NASA’s Mars Mole is Officially “Dug In”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Could Revolutionize Off-Planet Exploration

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Could Revolutionize Off-Planet Exploration

By Victor Tangermann

A new NASA simulation shows the ghostly ultraviolet flashes of Mars's "nightglow," represented by greenish hues in the Martian night sky.

New NASA Animation Shows Mars’ Creepy Greenish “Nightglow”

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, a large number of ancient valleys on the Martian surface today were formed by subglacial meltwater below — not flowing rivers.

Study: Ancient Mars Was Covered in Ice Sheets, Not Rivers

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency's Mars Express, a camera-equipped Mars orbiter, is keeping close tabs on a mysterious, "elongated cloud" appearing on Mars.

Strange, Giant Cloud Reappears on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

At exactly 7:50 am EDT this morning, NASA successfully launched its Perseverance rover mission to Mars from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

NASA Blasts Off Most Sophisticated Mars Mission in Human History

By Victor Tangermann

Besides a whole host of fascinating scientific instruments, NASA"s Perseverance rover will also be carrying small bits of space suit to the Martian surface.

On Tomorrow’s Launch, NASA Is Sending Spacesuit Chunks to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Perseverance will be bringing a rock back to Mars that scientists believe to have originated on Mars roughly 600,000 to 700,000 years ago.

Here’s Why NASA’s Next Rover is Bringing a Mars Rock Back to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is about to embark on its latest Mars mission, sending its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on its long journey to the Red Planet atop an Atlas V rocket.

Here’s How to Watch NASA Launch a Mars Mission This Week

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found evidence of gigantic waves of sand, often referred to as "megaripples," slowly moving around on the surface of Mars.

Astronomers Say “Megaripples” Are Moving Across the Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's next-gen Mars rover Perseverance is outfitted with not just one but two microphones. We could finally get to listen to the sounds of Mars.

NASA’s Next Rover Will Bring First-Ever Microphone to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

China has successfully launched its Tianwen-1 — Heavenly Questions — mission to Mars, including an orbiter, lander, and a rover.

China Just Launched a Mission to Hunt for Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity rover encountered a strangely-colored rock on Mars and did what any smart robot would do: blasted it with a laser to see what was inside.

NASA’s Mars Rover Spent the Weekend Shooting a Weird-Looking Rock With a Laser

By Dan Robitzski

The UAE's upcoming weather satellite launch could help explain what's going on with Mars' bizarre, planet-consuming dust storms.

Tomorrow’s Mars Mission Could Explain the Red Planet’s Ferocious Dust Storms

By Dan Robitzski

After a lengthy "hammering session" of 150 strokes, the "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander started "bouncing in place."

Crap: NASA’s Mars “Mole” Finally Started Digging, Then Hit Another Obstacle

By Victor Tangermann

In a new white paper, a team of researchers argue that flying by Venus on future crewed missions to Mars could make a lot of sense.

Scientists: Flying By Venus to Get to Mars Would Be Cheaper, Faster

By Victor Tangermann

China, the UAE, and the U.S. all plan to launch Mars missions this month to capitalize on the planets' fortunate alignment.

Three Separate Countries Are Launching Mars Missions This Month

By Dan Robitzski

A new mathematical model predicts that a self-sustaining colony on Mars could succeed with just 110 settlers working together.

According to New Equations, a Mars Colony Would Need This Many People

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have yet to find any evidence of life on another planet.But that hasn't stopped some rogue scientists from making outlandish claims.

Extremely Dubious Scientist Believes There’s Mushrooms and Lichen on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just delayed the launch date for its Mars rover, Perseverance. But barring any future delays, the mission should still go off without a hitch.

NASA Pushes Back Mars Rover Launch Due to “Contamination Concern”

By Dan Robitzski

This year, NASA wants to take a giant leap from scanning Mars' geographical features using surface-bound rovers to launching a small helicopter.

Here’s NASA’s Ingenious Way of Testing Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have identified a green glow in the atmosphere of Mars caused by oxygen atoms being released from carbon dioxide due to sunlight.

Scientists Detect Green Glow on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

After over a year, NASA's InSight Mars lander finally managed to get its thermal probe underground, where it can record the planet's internal temperature.

NASA InSight Lander Finally Manages to Bury Its Probe Into Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Building on existing research, researchers suggest that Mars' moon Deimos will likely be split up into tiny rocks, forming a ring around the planet.

New Research: Mars May Have Once Had Rings

By Victor Tangermann

A stunning new NASA animation shows how solar winds are interacting with Mars' magnetosphere to strip away the planet's atmosphere.

This Video of Mars’ Leaking Atmosphere Could Make Elon Musk Cry

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is looking for participants to spent eight months together inside a spaceflight simulator at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow.

NASA Will Pay You to Chill in a Fake Mars Mission for 8 Months

By Victor Tangermann

By playing around with mud in a special lab, an international team of researchers found that Mars is likely covered in strange mud volcanos.

Mars May Be Covered in Bizarre Mud Volcanoes

By Victor Tangermann

In order to equip future Martian settlers, scientists suggest altering their DNA to give them the traits they need to survive.

Astrobiologist: We Should Gene-Hack New Traits Into Mars Settlers

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers are building experimental rovers that can vibrate intensely to escape from dangerous, wheel-clogging sand traps on Mars.

This Wiggly Mars Rover Is the Silliest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

By Dan Robitzski

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.

Scientists Say They’ve Found the Perfect Spot for a Mars Colony

By Dan Robitzski

NASA' Perseverance rover just found signs of ancient life in Australia, giving researchers hope that it's well-equipped to do the same on Mars.

NASA Mars Rover Detects Ancient Life… in Australia

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists have found new evidence of the earliest rivers that once flowed on Mars billions of years ago for around 100,000 Earth years.

Scientists Find New Evidence of Ancient Rivers on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

The White House's 2021 budget would cripple NASA's ongoing and future Mars missions. It would also mean shutting down the Curiosity rover.

The White House Is Trying to Shut Down NASA’s Last Mars Rover

By Dan Robitzski

China's space agency says that its mission to Mars is still happening "in coming months," and that the mission finally has an official name.

China Will Launch Mars Mission “In Coming Months”

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are suggesting we could explore the surface of Mars using a fleet of "nanocardboard" aircraft.

Researchers Want to Explore Mars Using “Nanocardboard” Aircraft

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has transitioned to controlling the rover from their home offices amid the coronavirus outbreak.

NASA Employees Are Running the Mars Curiosity Rover From Home

By Victor Tangermann

NASA spotted a "dragon" in a image taken by University of Arizona's HiRISE camera attached to NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA Spots “Dragon” in Stunning Mars Orbiter Image

By Victor Tangermann

Despite budget overruns — and a pandemic — NASA is determined to get its next Mars rover called "Perseverance" off the ground in July.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Still Launching in July Despite Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

In a last-resort move to free up the InSight Mars rover's digging probe, NASA engineers programmed the rover to thwack it with a shovel.

NASA Fixes Mars Lander By Telling It to Hit Itself With a Shovel

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of astrobiologists claim that organic molecules discovered by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover could be evidence for early life on Mars.

Scientists: NASA Rover Has Found Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Even in spite of the coronavirus pandemic, China has remained on track to launch its planned mission to Mars later this year.

China Powers Through the Coronavirus to Launch a Mars Mission

By Dan Robitzski

"Unless we improve our rate of innovation dramatically, then there is no chance of a base on the moon or a city on Mars."

Elon Musk: My Main Goal Is to Get Humanity to Mars Before I Die

By Victor Tangermann

After a nation-wide stdudent contest, NASA has selected "Perseverance" as the name for its next Mars rover, set to launch later this year.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Officially Has a Name

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Curiosity rover snapped more than 1,000 images, which teams back on Earth composed into a 360 degree Martian landscape panorama.

NASA Mars Rover Snaps Glorious 1.8 Billion Pixel Panorama

By Victor Tangermann

Six new studies were published today, detailing some of the discoveries made by NASA's InSight Mars lander, including evidence of a strange glow in the sky.

NASA Lander Detects Strange Glow In Sky of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview with British fashion and culture magazine The Face, singer and visual artist Grimes revealed her wild plans to travel to Mars.

Grimes Wants to Send Her Mind to Mars Inside a “Humanoid Vessel”

By Victor Tangermann

If there's life on Mars, experts agree, it's probably beneath the surface. Finding evidence could require some lateral thinking -- or boots on the ground.

Here’s Why NASA Suspects Mars Life Could Be Hiding Underground

By Jon Christian

Japanese space agency JAXA announced today it has greenlit a sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos called the Martian Moons Exploration mission.

Japan Gives the ‘Go’ to Sample Return Mission to Mars Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is building a huge dish in California that it hopes will allow Mars astronauts to communicate with Earth — using high-powered lasers.

NASA: Mars Astronauts Will Use Lasers to Communicate With Earth

By Jon Christian

CEO Elon Musk has dropped yet another hint that a Tesla Cybertruck could be headed to Mars aboard a SpaceX Starship rocket.

Elon Musk Hints That a Cybertruck Is Headed to Mars

By Kristin Houser

In October 2019, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to snap a photo of a massive active dust devil — and you can now see it for yourself.

NASA Snaps Photo of Epic Dust Devil on the Surface of Mars

By Kristin Houser

NASA equipped the 2020 Mars rover with a powerful laser, capable of vaporizing rocks. It's an extreme way of learning what they're made of.

Next NASA Mars Rover Will Sport a Rock-Vaporizing Laser

By Dan Robitzski