Scientists discover new insights into Mars’ structure from meteorites
Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have uncovered new information about the structure of Mars by studying meteorites that...
How extreme conditions on Mars could support life
Many people might think that the search for life on Mars ended when NASA's first rovers sent back images of the planet's barren, harsh...
Starlink on Mars: NASA is paying SpaceX to look into the idea
NASA has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to work out a plan to adapt its Starlink broadband internet satellites for use in a Martian...
NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers clues to Mars’ Earth-like past
Scientists using NASA’s Curiosity rover have made a significant discovery on Mars that suggests the planet might once have had conditions similar to Earth.
This...
How methane could be appearing and disappearing on Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has brought to light one of the most baffling discoveries on Mars—the presence of methane gas in Gale Crater.
This finding...
NASA is building an electrodynamic shield to deal with all that dust on the...
Exploration of the Moon or other dusty environments comes with challenges. The lunar surface is covered in material known as regolith and its a...
Did an ancient icy impactor create the Martian moons
The Martian moons Phobos and Deimos are oddballs.
While other Solar System moons are round, Mars’ moons are misshapen and lumpy like potatoes.
They’re more like...
Curiosity rover searches for new clues about Mars’ ancient water
NASA's Curiosity rover has begun exploring a new region of Mars, one that could reveal more about when liquid water disappeared once and for...
An asteroid found sharing the orbit of Mars
Astronomers discovered another asteroid sharing Mars’ orbit.
These types of asteroids are called trojans, and they orbit in two clumps, one ahead of and one...
Mars’ Gale crater had water longer than thought
In a new discovery, scientists led by Imperial College London have uncovered evidence suggesting that water existed on Mars within the Gale crater long...