Mars
NASA is Keeping an Eye on InSight from Space
The InSight Lander arrived on Mars in 2018 to study the planet's interior. Its mission ended prematurely in December 2022…
NASA Lays Out Two New Options for Mars Sample Return
Months after deciding that its previous plan for bringing samples back from Mars wasn't going to work, NASA says it's…
New Study Explains How Mars Dust Storms Can Engulf the Planet
Mars is well-known for its dust storms, which occur every Martian year during summer in the southern hemisphere. Every three…
Could There Be Bacteria Living on Mars Today?
Mars is often considered to be the planet most similar to the Earth. Earth however, is capable of supporting life,…
Crisscrossing Dust Devil Tracks Across the Surface of Mars
An incredible image of Mars has been released that captures the relentless activity of dust devils, swirling across the planet's…
New Image Revealed by NASA of their New Martian Helicopter.
Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly on another world in the first half of 2021. It explored the Martian…
Where’s the Most Promising Place to Find Martian Life?
New research suggests that our best hopes for finding existing life on Mars isn’t on the surface, but buried deep…
Archaeology On Mars: Preserving Artifacts of Our Expansion Into the Solar System
In 1971, the Soviet Mars 3 lander became the first spacecraft to land on Mars, though it only lasted a…
NASA Thinks it Knows Why Ingenuity Crashed on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sent its final signals to Earth in the earlier part of the year. Engineers have been studying…
Other Liquids Could Be Forming Minerals on Mars
Most people will think of a dry arid landscape when they think of Mars. When seen from orbit, dry river…