Interplanetary travel is pitched to us as a good thing. Explorers will visit other planets, which settlers will then…
NASA has announced the landing location of its upcoming Mars 2020 rover: Jezero Crater.
After decades of debate, scientists have spotted hints of liquid water trapped beneath the planet’s south polar ice cap.
As far as humans are concerned, Mars has two stories. One is in the present: We’re trying to send our ships and our…
No, NASA hasn’t discovered life on Mars yet—but a new result makes it seem like maybe, at some point in the planet’s…
Up until a few weeks ago, John Krasinski was best-known as that dude who starred on the American version of The Office.…
Everyone from David Bowie to astrobiologists to tinfoil hat believers has pondered the question: is there life on Mars?…
They haven’t found alien life out there yet, but following the first successful in-space DNA sequencing, astronauts…
Winter Storm Jonas pretty much has the East Coast stuck inside this weekend, which means that you’re probably sitting…
NASA just confirmed something incredible: There’s water flowing on Mars today. But what does that mean for life on the…
When Curiosity goes looking for organic molecules in Mars's solid surface, it vaporizes a rock sample and sniffs the…
It may not look like much — just an old rock with dust on it. But after careful examination of this and other images…
Data collected by the Curiosity Rover suggests Mars once featured a moderate climate capable of fostering lakes of…
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Just like with movies, you sometimes see a few television shows about the same idea come down the pike. Recently, we…
Extremophiles teach us that life is found in unlikely places, which is why scientists are trying to expand our…
Curiosity is going to peer beneath the red surface of Mars by drilling into it — and scientists are hoping to find…
The massive asteroid that slammed into Earth some 66 million years ago is often—and understandably—considered a vicious…
Mars is a big boy. At 4.5 billion years old, the Red Planet can surely take care of itself by now—but you wouldn't know…
The possibility that Mars was once home to all kinds of life is looking better and better with each new Curiosity…
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