Latest Mars Stories
What could life on Mars look like? This Chilean desert holds some clues.
Next month’s SpaceX launch could help end America’s reliance on Russian rockets
How far our favorite space robots have trekked
NASA officially ends the Opportunity rover’s 15-year mission
RIP Opportunity: A eulogy for the beloved Mars rover
Mars One died before it could become Fyre Festival: Space Edition
Rosalind Franklin missed out on a Nobel, but now she’ll help look for life on Mars
NASA’s latest effort to revive Opportunity will likely be the last
Listen to the very first sounds recorded on Mars
MEGAPIXELS: This is a Martian selfie from the InSight lander
NASA’s InSight lander is basically about to play an epic claw game on Mars
NASA’s InSight lander survived ‘seven minutes of terror’ to touch down on Mars
NASA’s 2020 rover will search Mars for signs of life
NASA’s new Mars lander is in for ‘seven minutes of terror’ on Monday
Volcanoes might have formed on Mars the same way they did in Hawaii
‘The Martian’ author Andy Weir answers your questions about Mars
Mars could be a great place to live—for sponges
Why NASA needs to flip Curiosity’s ‘brain’ over
The ExoMars spacecraft measured radiation in deep space to help keep future astronauts safe
The double-hinged door between astrophysics and the military
Mouse poop might get humans to Mars
Mars’ skies are clearing up, but the Opportunity rover is still fast asleep
Mars is missing a lot of this crucial terraforming ingredient
Mars has tons of newly discovered water in a 12-mile-wide reservoir
To find life on Mars, we’ll need new orbiters, more advanced rovers, and humans
Weather got you down? The entire planet of Mars is buried in a dust storm right now.
NASA lost contact with Opportunity Mars rover, but there’s still hope
NASA’s Opportunity rover is sleeping through a massive dust storm on Mars
Is there life on Mars? TBD. But scientists found ancient organic matter in the Red Planet’s rocks.
NASA just added a tiny autonomous helicopter to its next Mars mission
NASA’s next mission will give us InSight into Mars’ interior
The first Antarctic greenhouse harvest may lettuce go to Mars
The Little Rover That Could
A spacecraft is using the Martian atmosphere to get closer to the planet
Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements
Earthworms are thriving in Martian(ish) soil
NASA’s future Mars robot will take the fastest pictures yet of the red planet
All the countries (and companies) trying to get to Mars
Check out the United Arab Emirates’ plans for building a Martian city—right here on Earth
What finding boron on Mars actually means in the hunt for alien life
How we’ll nap our way to Mars
When we finally go to Mars, we might end up living in giant metal cans
The surface of Mars is probably too toxic for bacteria to survive
So, you want to terraform Mars? Here’s one way to do it.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover looks so small and alone in this amazing new photo
The Curiosity rover and other spacecraft are learning to think for themselves
Why go to Mars when you can telecommute there instead?
IKEA engineers are pretending to live on Mars to help them design better furniture
Mars was probably habitable for longer than we thought
Space sperm makes healthy mouse babies on Earth
Learning to farm on Mars could actually save agriculture on Earth
Why NASA is running out of spacesuits
Bricks made from fake Martian soil are surprisingly strong
Whose is bigger? How all the Mars-bound rockets stack up
What it would actually take to get to Mars by 2020
Salt might actually make you hungry, not thirsty
We finally know what happened to (most of) Mars’ missing atmosphere
The Curiosity Mars rover’s wheels are starting to break
Here are the winners of NASA’s space poop challenge
Aliens are probably out there, according to Winston Churchill
The United Arab Emirates wants to build a city on Mars
Astronauts could live inside ice domes on Mars
Could you fertilize Martian crops with human poop?
The hibernation science in ‘Passengers’ is not far from reality
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