Mars
How to Watch Five Planets Align in the Night Sky This Week
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus will appear as if in a parade in the Western sky on Tuesday
Nuclear-Powered Rockets Might One Day Carry Astronauts to Mars
NASA and DARPA are building a nuclear thermal rocket engine that could slash the time it would take to reach the Red Planet
Perseverance Rover Completes Depot of Mars Rock Samples
The collection is a failsafe for the Mars Sample Return project, which aims to deliver Martian rocks to Earth
See the Chilling Beauty of Winter on Mars
NASA images reveal frost, geysers and intricate frozen patterns on the Red Planet
What NASA's Retired InSight Lander Taught Us About Mars
The Red Planet robot was officially decommissioned after dust on its solar panels robbed it of power
Ten Strange and Amazing Historical Artifacts We’ve Launched to Space
As spaceflight catapults us into a high-tech future, several missions have made sure to honor the past
Listen to the Sound of a Dust Devil Swirling Around on Mars
For the first time, scientists have recorded the noise of a Martian dust storm using a microphone on NASA's Perseverance rover
Meteorites May Have Brought Water to Earth and Mars
Rare, carbon-containing rocks could have created conditions suitable for life on both planets, two new studies suggest
‘Conan the Bacterium’ Has What It Takes to Survive on Mars
After experiments here on Earth, researchers say some hardy microbes could endure hundreds of millions of years on the Red Planet
James Webb Captures Its First Images of Mars
With some adjustments, the highly sensitive telescope could successfully observe the bright Red Planet
A Lunchbox-Sized Device Is Making Oxygen on Mars
By scaling up the technology, NASA could allow future astronauts to breathe on the Red Planet
The Revolution in Moon Exploration
Four Things We’ve Learned About NASA’s Planned Base Camp on the Moon
Eventually the station will allow astronauts to spend up to two months on the lunar surface
Oldest Martian Meteorite on Earth Traced to Its Origin on the Red Planet
Researchers used machine learning algorithms to determine which crater on Mars the space rock came from
Dusty InSight Mars Lander Takes Its Final Selfie
The Red Planet probe will likely stop operating sometime later this year
Devastating Ice Age Floods That Occurred in the Pacific Northwest Fascinate Scientists
The Scablands were formed by tremendous and rapid change, and may have something to teach us about geological processes on Mars
This Important Geophysical Robot on Mars May Die Soon
The InSight observatory has a seismometer and a heat probe, which have enabled it to gather data on rock layers below the planet's soil
Europe's Mars Rover Unlikely to Launch in 2022 Due to Russian Invasion
The robot designed to search for traces of life on the Red Planet was originally scheduled to ride a Russian rocket into to space this fall
'Intriguing' Carbon Isotopes on Mars Could Be From Cosmic Dust, UV Radiation or Ancient Life
NASA scientists compared the data to chemical signatures of biological processes on Earth and found some similarities to billion-year-old microbes
China's Mars Orbiter Takes Selfies From Outer Space
The images were snapped using a camera deployed from the spacecraft, which floated away into the vastness of the cosmos
The Ten Most Significant Science Stories of 2021
Thrilling discoveries, hurdles in the fight against Covid and advancements in space exploration defined the past year
