Diverse Organic Molecules On Mars Revealed By The First SAM TMAH Experiment
SAM is the most complex instrument ever sent on a planetary mission. Principal Investigator Paul Mahaffy leads the…
Responses of Cyanobacterial Crusts and Microbial Communities to Extreme Environments of the Stratosphere
Cyanobacterial crusts in the stratosphere during light exposure — Microorganisms via PubMed How microbial communities respond to extreme…
Elon Musk Will Earn a Company Bonus if He Drops a Million Colonists on Mars
Elon Musk now has another reason to colonize Mars besides appealing to his massive ego. Board members of…
Two rovers, two sides of Mars. See NASA’s side-by-side comparison
NASA has two car-sized vehicles on the ground exploring areas of Mars’s surface that are billions of years…
Astronomer Finds a Shortcut to Mars by Following an Asteroid’s Journey Through Space
A one-way trip to Mars takes somewhere between seven and 10 months, following a fairly direct route between…
Mars has air, but almost none of it can keep you alive
For all the drama around getting to Mars, the harder question starts after landing. A person can step…
NASA’s Perseverance, Curiosity Panoramas Capture Two Sides of Mars
Learn how NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers are exploring different chapters of the Red Planet’s ancient history.…
Planetary Exploration 3.0: A Roadmap for Software-Defined, Radically Adaptive Space Systems
Planetary exploration is characterized by unknowns, which are both the primary reason and challenge for exploration. (a) The…
NASA plans nuclear-powered rocket for Mars exploration
Following a December 2025 executive order prioritizing “American space superiority,” NASA is advancing nuclear propulsion under the leadership…
What new Mars discoveries say about the possibility of ancient life
We’re getting closer and closer to definitely answering the question: Did life ever exist on Mars? April has…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Strange Fish-Scale Patterns on Mars
While scouring a 50-million-year-old crater on Mars, the Curiosity rover stumbled upon a polygon-shaped pattern that sort of…
Scientists Puzzled by Huge Shadowy Blight Spreading Across Surface of Mars
A shadowy presence is spreading across the surface of Mars. New images released by the European Space Agency…