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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Has Died

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Has Died

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Discover Enough Mars Ice to Cover Planet in Water

Scientists Discover Enough Mars Ice to Cover Planet in Water

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Rover Spots “Star Trek” Symbol on Mars

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has reportedly laid off 100 contractors, forcing it to scale back its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission.

NASA Starts Layoffs After Budget Cuts

By Victor Tangermann

A new image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an up-close and stunning look at what's known as an ice flow.

NASA Releases Image of Epic Lines Carved Into Mars’ Surface

By Frank Landymore

On Christmas Day last year, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft observed something entirely unexpected: the Martian magnetosphere tripled in size.

Mars’ Magnetosphere Suddenly Tripled in Size Last Christmas Day

By Victor Tangermann

In an exchange with another AI guru, Elon Musk was apparently left "speechless" when presented with a problem with his Mars colonization plan.

Elon Musk Was Reportedly “Speechless” When Someone Pointed Out a Basic Flaw in His Mars Plan

By Noor Al-Sibai

China's Mars rover has uncovered underground polygon structures buried deep beneath the Red Planet's surface.

China’s Mars Rover Detected Polygons Under the Planet’s Surface

By Noor Al-Sibai

During a recent probe, the European Space Agency's ExoMars probe spotted the Red Planet glowing green at night.

Scientists Catch Mars Glowing Green

By Noor Al-Sibai

A startup, Spaceborn United, wants to reach the goal of having a baby naturally conceived and born on Mars in the future.

Startup Working on Space Babies, But the Risks Are Grim

By Sharon Adarlo

A husband-and-wife duo have published a book about life on Mars that includes a section about the ethics of astronaut cannibalism.

Should Astronauts Be Allowed to Eat Each Other If They’re Starving?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have uncovered evidence that suggests Mars was a place with many flowing rivers.

Scientists Find Evidence Mars Was Covered in Rivers

By Sharon Adarlo

A Radioactive Sea of Magma Hides Under the Surface of Mars

A Radioactive Sea of Magma Hides Under the Surface of Mars

By Frank Landymore

A record shattering tremor on Mars still has scientists uncertain on its origin, after new research ruled out a meteoroid impact.

Scientists Puzzled by Sudden, Super-Loud Rumble Inside Mars

By Frank Landymore

A stunning new video put together by the European Space Agency shows the vastness of the Noctis Labyrinthus, a Martian canyon.

Amazing Video Soars Over Mars’ Epic “Labyrinth of Night”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has spotted a super-tall dust devil on the Red Planet — and the agency has released the footage, y'all.

NASA’s Mars Rover Spots Super-Tall Dust Devil

By Noor Al-Sibai

An independent review board found several serious issues regarding NASA's Mars Sample Return mission's timetable, cost, and technical plans.

Experts Say NASA’s Mars Sample Return Plan Is Deeply Flawed

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a new biography, Bill Gates became disillusioned with Elon Musk's efforts to colonize Mars and leave a doomed Earth behind.

Bill Gates Says Elon Musk’s Reasoning on Mars and Electric Cars Is Flawed

By Victor Tangermann

Since landing on the planet back in 2021, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has generated enough oxygen for a small dog to breathe for 10 hours.

NASA Brags That in Just Two Years, It Generated Enough Oxygen for a Small Dog to Breathe for 10 Hours

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers concluded that you only need 22 colonists to survive and successfully maintain a Mars colony.

Mars Frontier Outpost Could Survive With Just 22 Residents, Researchers Say

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has come across a fascinating hexagonal pattern in salt deposits that looks eerily familiar.

Scientists Intrigued by Hexagonal Pattern on Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

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Scientists: Mars Is Spinning Faster, For, Uh, Some Reason

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists are positing that Mars' giant Olympus Mons volcano, which is roughly the size of France, may once have been an island.

Huge Martian Volcano Was Once an Island, Scientists Suggest

By Noor Al-Sibai

While NASA keeps upping its budget on its Mars mission, Americans have quietly reported that their priorities don't exactly seem to align.

A Majority of Americans Don’t Care About Mars, Want NASA to Defend Against Killer Asteroids

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered "diverse" traces of "preserved organic matter" in a Martian crater.

NASA Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

After more than two months of radio silence, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has finally phoned home. And it's healthy.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Makes Contact After Ghosting for Over Two Months

By Noor Al-Sibai

Earlier this month, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious donut-shaped rock. Experts are divided on what it could be.

Scientists Attempt to Explain Mars Rock With Hole Straight Through It

By Victor Tangermann

Four individuals have agreed to be locked inside NASA's Mars simulator for just over a year. And they're being paid surprisingly little.

Here’s What NASA Pays to Be Locked in a Mars Simulator for a Year

By Victor Tangermann

For over 100 years, scientists have been puzzling over a blood-red liquid seeping out of a glacier in Antarctica. Until now.

Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Glacier Bleeding Red Fluid

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has crushed its previous record for turning the planet's thin atmosphere into a source of oxygen.

NASA Gets Amazing New Results Generating Oxygen on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just locked four non-astronaut volunteers in a simulated Mars habitat, marking the beginning of the much-anticipated CHAPEA missions.

NASA Locks Test Subjects Inside Simulated Mars Base

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

What a Beaut! Mars Shines in Gorgeous New UV Images

What a Beaut! Mars Shines in Gorgeous New UV Images

By Sharon Adarlo

The costs associated with NASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission keep growing and growing by the billions, alarming officials.

Uh Oh, the Cost of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission Is Spiralling Out of Control

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have figured out the thickness of the Martian crust, and concluded that the planet is heating itself with radioactive elements.

Scientists Detect Radioactive Heat Source Inside Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has found what scientists suggest could be evidence of a raging, fast-moving river that once flowed on Mars.

NASA Mars Rover Appears to Have Found Remnants of Ancient Raging River

By Victor Tangermann

Fox recently announced that it's pitting a unusual mix of celebrities against each other during a simulated stay in a Martian colony.

New Show Traps Lance Armstrong and Ariel Winter in Simulated Mars Base

By Victor Tangermann

China's Zhurong rover, which has spent months exploring the Martian surface, may have found evidence of liquid water at low latitudes.

Chinese Rover Finds Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

China's Mars rover Zhurong has remained in its hibernation state since May 2022. Officials are finally ready to talk.

China Addresses Awkward Situation on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

After looking at NASA's Mars lander data, scientists say they've figured out what lies at the heart of the Red Planet's core.

Scientists Detect Gooey Core Inside Mars

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is locking four individuals inside a 1,700-square-foot Mars habitat analog for an entire year to see if they can get along.

NASA Selects Test Subjects to Contain in Simulated Mars Base

By Frank Landymore

The facility will be used to monitor how humans handle living a year on Mars. A grueling experiment, but at least the volunteers will be able to game.

NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat Includes Such Necessities As a PS4 and Settlers of Catan

By Frank Landymore

Some scientists have made fancy space concrete out of potato starch — and it works much better thank building bricks out of blood and urine to work.

Scientists Propose Mars Settlers Live in Potato-Based Structures

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted some dunes that are practically perfect circles. So the question remains: how did they form?

Scientists Baffled By These Almost Perfectly Circular Dunes on Mars

By Frank Landymore

A new study paints a detailed picture of Mars' climate and water cycle — by mapping how its Swiss cheese-like polar deposits formed over time.

Scientists Figured Out Why Mars’ South Pole Looks Like Swiss Cheese

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a new study, AI tools might seriously improve humanity's chances of discovering aliens on Mars — and beyond.

Scientists Want to Use AI to Hunt for Aliens on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As part of a Mars cloud survey, NASA's Curiosity rover imaged spectacular crepuscular rays for the first time during an especially painterly sunset.

NASA Rover Snaps Amazing View of Sunset on Mars

By Frank Landymore

Bad news if you're hoping to hear about definitive signs of Martian life soon: the instruments of Mars rovers just aren't advanced enough.

Scientists Find NASA’s Mars Rover Would Struggle to Detect Life on Earth

By Frank Landymore

China's Zhurong Mars rover and its makers have remained unusually silent about the fate of the rover. It hasn't moved since September.

China Refuses to Say Whether Its Mars Rover Is Dead

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has made yet another astonishing discovery: "the mission's clearest evidence yet" of "ancient water ripples."

NASA Rover Finds What Appears to Be Ancient Water Ripple on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has stumbled across yet another fascinating discovery while exploring the planet's barren surface, an iron-nickel meteorite.

NASA Mars Rover Finds Metallic Object That Smashed Down on Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Move over, Mars rover — a new reptilian robot may one day crawl the Red Planet's barren shores in the name of discovery and research.

Scientists Prototype “Creeping” Lizard-Like Robot for Exploring Mars

By Noor Al-Sibai

We have a humble suggestion: NASA should make interplanetary history once more by having its Ingenuity Mars helicopter do some sick tricks.

Suggestion: NASA Should Make Its Mars Helicopter Do Some Gnarly Tricks From “Tony Hawk”

By Victor Tangermann

After almost two years of roaming the surface, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has officially dropped off the tenth and final Martian soil sample.

NASA’s Mars Rover Perseverance Just Dropped Off Its Last Sample

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe to have discovered a massive cache of precious gemstones on the surface of Mars in the form of opals.

NASA Discovers Precious Gemstones on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

China's Zhurong rover might be in big trouble well over a year and a half into its stint on the Martian surface.

Something Is Reportedly Wrong With China’s Mars Rover

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's InSight Lander has persevered for four years, but it may actually be drawing to its final end this time, despite rumblings of its demise before.

Dramatic NASA Mars Lander Insists It’s Dying For Real This Time

By Frank Landymore

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images of deposits forming "mysterious shapes" inside massive craters.

Orbiter Discovers “Mysterious Shapes” Inside Mars Craters

By Victor Tangermann

With hard work and a good luck, scientists have clinched the first ever audio recording of a dust devil on Mars, helping solve mysteries of its atmosphere.

Scientists Release Audio of NASA Rover Getting Swallowed by a 387 Foot Dust Devil On Mars

By Frank Landymore

A scientist in the UK wants to build an old growth Earth forest in a bubble on surface of Mars, and honestly? He makes a good case.

Scientist Proposes Growing a Forest Inside a Bubble on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA Disputes Calling Its Inflatable Heat Shield a “Bouncy Castle”

NASA Disputes Calling Its Inflatable Heat Shield a “Bouncy Castle”

By Victor Tangermann

Against all odds, NASA's Mars lander has, somehow, continued truckin' along — but its inevitable death seems to finally be at hand.

NASA Releases Final Desolate Photo From Doomed Mars Lander

By Noor Al-Sibai

Phobos has always puzzled astronomers for its asteroid like qualities. Now, using the ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, they've peered beneath its surface.

Probe Detects “Unknown Features” Inside Martian Moon Phobos

By Frank Landymore

In a presentation earlier this month, a team of researchers identified nine of the most livable caves on the surface of Mars.

Scientists Searching Mars for Good Caves for Astronauts to Live In

By Victor Tangermann

A bold new theory proposes that a "Conan the Bacterium" microorganism could survive under Mars' barren surface for hundreds of millions of years.

Science & Energy

Researchers Say “Conan the Bacterium” Could Be Hidden Beneath Mars’ Surface

By Noor Al-Sibai