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A Harvard astronmer corrected Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the billionaire incorrectly tweeted his Tesla Roadster was orbiting Mars in space.

Harvard Professor Roasts Elon Musk For Dumb Space Mistake

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA Rover’s New Selfie Will Make You Feel Like You’re on Mars, and Maybe a Little Drunk

By Victor Tangermann

A recent long-term isolation experiment on a simulated Mars base found that participants often get a little distant and rebellious as time goes on.

Simulated Mars Base Got Kinda Rebellious, Worrying Scientists

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of scientists are suggesting that we protect humans on Mars from deadly atmospheric conditions by kickstarting the planet's magnetic field.

Scientists Propose Jumpstarting Mars’ Magnetic Field to Make It Habitable

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Elon Musk warned of climate change, comet strikes, and dropping birth rates — not to mention, in his words, "good ol' nuclear Armageddon."

Elon Musk: We Have to Get to Mars Because of “Nuclear Armageddon” on Earth

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has scooped up its next Martian soil sample — and this time, the rock has got a fascinating, new geological feature.

NASA Mars Rover Samples Mars With “Greenish Mineral”

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos thinks the Earth will be like a protected national park in the future and become a galactic tourist attraction.

Jeff Bezos Says Most People Won’t Be Able to Live on Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

Dr. Shannon Rupert, director of the MDRS, recently penned an op-ed deriding the influx of sightseers to the Mars research station.

People Keep Sneaking Onto Simulated Mars Base for Social Media Clout

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of researchers successfully tested a sample of Martian dirt by directing NASA's Curiosity rover to mix it with chemical reagents inside a cup.

Science & Energy

NASA Rover Detects Organic Molecules on the Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Georgia Tech scientists believe that microbes could be the key to producing the rocket fuel needed to take humans from Mars back to Earth.

Microbes Could Help Produce Rocket Fuel for Return Trips from Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA officials say that the US needs to invest in nuclear-powered spacecraft if it wants to beat its geopolitical rivals to Mars.

NASA Says It Needs Nuclear Rockets to Put People on Mars Before China

By Tony Ho Tran

Kilm Shipenko, the Russian director of “The Challenge," told reporters at a news conference that he’d be willing to film a sequel on the Moon or Mars

International Space Station

Russian Director Who Filmed Movie on ISS Says He’s Doing the Moon or Mars Next

By Tony Ho Tran

New images from NASA's Perseverance rover confirm that Jezero Crater used to be a massive lake supplied by an ancient river or glacier.

NASA Rover Confirms Gigantic Martian Crater Used To Be a Lake

By Dan Robitzski

A new chemical reactor seems to be able to take carbon dioxide and convert it into the building blocks for rocket fuel, making Mars journeys more feasible.

Scientists Say New Technique Could Turn Martian Air Into Rocket Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's InSight Mars lander recently discovered three unusually powerful marsquakes — a monumental discovery after surviving a perilous winter.

NASA Lander Is off Life Support and Back To Work

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Chinese scientists have developed a concept for a Mars drone that weighs 1,100 pounds and could travel at five times the speed of sound.

Chinese Scientists Working on Mars Drone That Flies Faster Than Sound

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists at The University of Manchester have come up with a macabre new way to turn Martian soil into a stronger material: human blood, sweat, and tears.

Scientists Suggest Mixing “Astronaut Blood” With Mars Dust to Create Horrific Shelters

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance finally managed to scoop up and study rock samples after a series of baffling failures and mishaps.

It Worked! NASA’s Mars Rover Definitely Scooped up Rock Samples This Time

By Dan Robitzski

NASA says that its Perseverance rover has finally collected samples of Mars rocks, but the photo offered up as proof doesn't show too much.

NASA Claims Rover Collected Mars Rock, But We Wanna See Proof

By Dan Robitzski

China's National Space Science Center (CNNSC) has shown off a prototype for a "Mars cruise drone" that looks extremely familiar.

China Appears to Be Working on a Clone of NASA’s Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

To celebrate 100 days on Mars, China's national space agency released a number of photos showing the path its Mars rover took.

China Releases Beautiful New Photos from the Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

After NASA's Mars rover Perseverance messed up trying to collect rock samples, the agency is trying again somewhere else.

NASA Has a New Plan After Mars Rover Fumbles Rock Collection

By Dan Robitzski

The Zhurong rover has officially finished its 90-sol mission to explore Utopia Planitia on the martian surface — but it's going to keep working.

China Declares “Mission Complete” for Mars Rover Zhurong

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has peered into the sky for an epic time lapse — and caught the Red Planet's tiny moon Deimos.

NASA Rover’s New, Gorgeous Time Lapse Spots Tiny Martian Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk boasted about Starship's reusability via tweet, saying that it’ll help drive more cost-effective missions to the Moon and Mars.

Elon Musk: Each Starship Could Travel to Mars a Dozen Times

By Tony Ho Tran

After Perseverance tried and failed to collect rock samples on Mars, NASA insists that the blame lies squarely on the rocks' shoulders.

After Mars Rover Fails to Collect Rock, NASA Blames Rock

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists suspect that there could be past or present microbial life beneath the surface of Mars that survives thanks to radioactivity.

Science & Energy

NASA Scientists Suggest Nuclear-Powered Life Under Mars Surface

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of scientists argue that once upon a time, the Gale crater on Mars was a mere series of ponds, according to Curiosity data.

Science & Energy

Scientists Say NASA’s Mars Rover Is on the Site of Ancient Ponds, Not a Huge Lake

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Perseverance rover failed to collect its first ever rock samples from Mars to send back to Earth on Friday. Researchers believe the rock's to blame.

Mars Rover Tries to Collect Rock to Send Back to Earth, Fails Miserably

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Curiosity rover has found something awesome on the surface of Mars: a small, naturally-formed stone arch in Gale Crater.

NASA Rover Finds Ancient Stone Arch on Martian Surface

By Jon Christian

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has made its next big discovery: a patch of rock that "is probably exposed bedrock," according to an update.

NASA Mars Rover Found Bedrock That Looks Like Flagstones

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers are already dreaming up bigger and better ideas for Mars helicopters based on the surprising success of Ingenuity.

NASA Is Already Working on a Bigger, Better Mars Helicopter

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's groundbreaking Mars Helicopter has sent back some stunning color pictures it took on July 5 while flying over the Red Planet's rocky landscape.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Sends Back Stunning Color Photos

By Victor Tangermann

In a Wednesday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that a Starship "itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."

Elon Musk Suggests Turning a Starship Into a Giant Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

A probe sent by the United Arab Emirates to study the Martian atmosphere has caught beautiful and fleeting auroras on camera.

Amazing New Images Show Auroras on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is making another pit stop on its exciting journey to probe the surrounding Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life.

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Reached a New Area and It’s Beautiful

By Victor Tangermann

Clay samples from Mars suggest that the Red Planet once experienced a long-lasting era of temperate, habitable conditions.

Science & Energy

Clay Dug Up by NASA Mars Rover Makes It Seem Like Red Planet Could’ve Supported Life

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have uncovered dozens more subterranean lakes near Mars' south pole, but some of their locations defy explanation.

Science & Energy

NASA Research Identifies Dozens of Underground Lakes on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese rover Zhurong sent footage of its descent along with a video of its drive off of the Tianwen-1 landing platform on Sunday.

Chinese Rover Sends Video, Audio Back From Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

China's state-owned Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology has announced some ambitious plans to establish a permanent crewed base on the surface of Mars.

China Releases Plans for Permanent Mars Base

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and the Max Planck Institute in Germany built a small quadrupedal robot meant to tackle the steep hills of Mars.

Scientists Built a Walking Mars Rover That Can Climb Steep Hills

By Victor Tangermann

In the new photos from China's Mars lander, there's an interesting detail with profound implications for the future of Mars exploration: a huge hole.

Check Out This Huge Hole That China’s Mars Rover Blasted Into the Ground While Landing

By Jon Christian

China released a series of new photos of the surface of Mars from its Zhurong rover this morning -- and took a victory lap in state media.

China Releases New Photos From the Surface of Mars

By Jon Christian

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a stunning 360-degree panorama of its surroundings while parked at the "Van Zyl Overlook" in the Jezero Crater.

NASA Releases Breathtaking Panorama From New Rover

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter nailed its seventh flight without facing any of the glitches that forced an emergency landing during its previous journey.

After Past Glitches, Mars Helicopter Nails Flight Number Seven

By Dan Robitzski

This afternoon, the New York Times published an article making a surprising claim about exobiology: that watermelons had been discovered on Mars.

New York Times Publishes Then Deletes Article Claiming Watermelons Were Found on Mars

By Jon Christian

NASA finally managed to shake some of the dust off of the InSight lander's solar panels, buying it at least a few more months of life.

NASA Saves Dying Mars Lander With Ingenious Hack

By Dan Robitzski

China's first module of its upcoming space station makes use of ion drives, technology that could vastly cut down the time it takes to travel to Mars.

China’s New Space Station Is Powered by Ion Thrusters

By Victor Tangermann

During its sixth flight across the desolate Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter experienced a bit of a software glitch.

Mars Helicopter Suffered Glitch During Flight, Forced Emergency Landing

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's recent discovery of what seems to be organic salts on Mars suggests the planet may have hosted life in the ancient past.

Why NASA Scientists Are So Excited by New Hints of Organic Compounds on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists may have found organic salts — remnants of older organic compounds that could have sustained life — on Mars, but they can't yet be certain.

Science & Energy

NASA Rover Finds Likely Remnants of Organic Compounds on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is preparing to begin final tests and maneuvers before its Perseverance Mars rover starts to gather and examine more samples for signs of ancient life.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Preparing to Gather Samples That May Reveal Ancient Life

By Dan Robitzski

During its sixth flight, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter will be examining nearby rock features before touching down on a different airfield.

The Mars Helicopter Has Survived Longer Than NASA Planned

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers fired tardigrades, also known as water bears, out of a gun to see if they could survive in extreme conditions like outer space.

Scientists Loaded Tiny Organisms Into a Gun and Shot Them At Targets

By Victor Tangermann

China has shared the first pictures taken by its Zhurong Mars rover after touching down on the Red Planet's surface over the weekend.

Chinese Rover Sends Back First Photos From Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

If I were dropped in Jezero crater with a pressurized spacesuit, could I defeat NASA’s mighty Perseverance rover in mortal combat?

People Want NASA’s Mars Rover to Fight the Chinese Mars Rover

By Tony Ho Tran

Chinese Mars Rover Reportedly Touches Down on Surface of Mars

Chinese Mars Rover Reportedly Touches Down on Surface of Mars

By Jon Christian

China will attempt to land its Zhurong Mars lander some time late Friday evening, as part of its Tianwen-1 mission.

China Will Attempt to Land on Mars Tomorrow

By Victor Tangermann

The wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are starting to look a little rough. But it can always rip them off if they get too damaged.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Is Designed to Tear Off Its Own Wheels

By Dan Robitzski

NASA may have accidentally brought extremely hardy microbial life to Mars, spreading life throughout and contaminating the solar system.

Cornell Scientist: NASA May Have Accidentally Spread Life to Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk Jokes About Mars Colonists Dying Horribly

Elon Musk Jokes About Mars Colonists Dying Horribly

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed its fifth flight — a one-way trip to the Martian craft's new home base.

NASA Mars Helicopter Completes One-Way Flight to New Home Base

By Tony Ho Tran

First, Musk claimed the title "Technoking of Tesla." Now, the billionaire has added the phrase "Imperator of Mars" to his Twitter bio.

Elon Musk’s Name Appears in 69-Year-Old Book About Colonizing Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

A questionable paper claiming NASA photos revealed fungal life on Mars didn't survive scrutiny, but that doesn't mean Martian life is impossible.

The Mars Mushrooms Are Probably Fake, But Organisms Could Likely Survive on the Red Planet

By Dan Robitzski