Time moves faster on Mars than on Earth, study finds
On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and…
NASA heads to Death Valley to test new Mars drone tech
After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as…
Strange White Rocks on Mars Suggest Mars Once Had Tropical Rainstorms Like Earth For Millions of Years
Purdue University research into scattered kaolinite rocks on Mars’ surface shows the dry, dusty planet could have featured…
Mars Was Warmer, Wetter Millions of Years Ago, Planetary Scientists Say
NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered several thousand small, light-toned rock fragments, or float rocks, with some exhibiting spectral…
NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms
Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within…
NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies
Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS heads toward Earth. How close will it get?
Here’s everything to know about 3I/ATLAS’s impending rendezvous with Earth and how you might be able to witness…
Tropical Storms Drenched Mars for Millions of Years, Strange Pale Rocks Suggest
That Mars once hosted water is now old news, but have you ever imagined the Red Planet drenched…
Astronauts Placed an Extreme Earth Organism in Outer Space. Nine Months Later, it Was Still Alive
When astronauts retrieved Earth moss that had been outside the International Space Station (ISS) for nine months, where…
NASA Spacecraft Discovery Could Solve the Riddle of This Mysterious Feature Buried Under Thousands of Feet of Martian Ice
NASA scientists have made a discovery that is renewing the debate over an unusual feature hidden beneath thousands…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Possible Meteorite on Mars for First Time in 5 Years
NASA’s Perseverance rover has likely spotted its first meteorite on Mars, more than four years after landing in…
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission has taken its first photo, and it’s good news
Mars is a planet that fascinates many scientists, notably regarding the presence of life elsewhere in the solar…