ScienceSpaceScienceSpacePerseverance Completes Its Sample Depot After 2 Years on MarsOne of the NASA rover’s main jobs was to collect rock samples for eventual shipment to Earth.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 31, 2023Comments (2)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceCheck Out This Perfect Bear's Face on the Surface of MarsA Mars satellite snapped this uncanny image of a rock formation.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 25, 2023Comments (14)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceThe Year Ahead in AstronomyNew telescopes will help us get to the bottom of dark matter, the evolution of the young cosmos, and the dynamic…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 5, 2023Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceRest in Peace, InSight: Scientists Pay Tribute to the Mars LanderNASA announced that the InSight mission is officially over after the probe failed to respond to pings.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 21, 2022Comments (5)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceThe InSight Mars Lander Mission May Finally Be OverThe lander did not respond to pings from NASA after months of dwindling power.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 20, 2022Comments (6)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceThe Best Photos From Mars in 2022The coolest images of (and on) the Red Planet taken in the last year show craters, funky rocks, and human trash.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 16, 2022Comments (8)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceMicrophone on NASA Rover Records Large Dust Devil on MarsA particulate-filled whirlwind swept right over the Perseverance rover, providing some fortuitous scientific data.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 13, 2022Comments (2)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceAn Ancient Asteroid Impact May Have Caused a Megatsunami on MarsMaps of the Martian surface suggest something big hit the planet 3.4 billion years ago.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 1, 2022Comments (8)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceSee an Exclusive Clip From Good Night Oppy, a New Doc About the Mars Rover That Defied the OddsA documentary streaming on Amazon Prime Video tells the very human story of two robots on Mars.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 20, 2022Comments (2)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceSurprisingly Earth-Like Clouds Spotted on MarsImages from the Mars Express orbiter suggest that clouds form similarly on both planets, despite their very…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 15, 2022Comments (2)Save
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightSatellite Sets New Relay Record for Sending Martian Messages to EarthThe 19-year-old Mars Express has now relayed data for seven different Mars ground missions, NASA's Perseverance…ByPassant RabiePublishedNovember 11, 2022Comments (4)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpacePerseverance Is About to Drop Its First Sample Cache, NASA SaysA future mission will pick up these rock cores and bring them to Earth, where scientists will search them for signs…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 28, 2022Comments (5)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceImages Show Fresh Crater on Mars Caused by Major Meteorite ImpactThe impact was intense enough that NASA's InSight lander detected the seismic waves from over 2,000 miles away.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 28, 2022Comments (4)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceInSight Records Major Martian Meteorite Impacts, Along With Potential MagmaThe NASA lander is on its last legs, but it's still revealing details about Mars’ volcanism, seismology, and even…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 27, 2022Comments (3)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpace‘Conan the Bacterium’ Suggests Microbes Could’ve Lived on Hostile MarsA resilient microbe is boosting researchers’ hopes for life on Mars.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 25, 2022Comments (7)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNASA’s InSight Lander Hunkers Down as Martian Storm Moves InThe dust-covered lander is likely to run out of power soon, ending a four-year mission on the Red Planet.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 10, 2022Comments (18)Save
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightNASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Had Mystery Debris Stuck to Its LegHow did that get there? Images from the craft's most recent flight show something flapping in the thin Martian air.ByKevin HurlerPublishedOctober 3, 2022Comments (24)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceThe Water-Lakes-on-Mars Debate Just Got More InterestingMysterious signals from the Martian south pole have scientists puzzled: Is that water or not?ByPassant RabiePublishedSeptember 30, 2022Comments (7)Save
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightNASA Refines Its Strategy for Getting Humans to MarsThe updated “Moon to Mars” blueprint involves 63 high-level objectives that could finally bring the Red Planet…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedSeptember 22, 2022Comments (21)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNASA's InSight Lander Captures Meteoroid Impacts on MarsIn scientific terms, each crash sounds like a "bloop."ByKevin HurlerPublishedSeptember 20, 2022Comments (2)Save