NASA lost contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter in December 2025 after more than a decade of operation. A solar conjunction, where Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the sun, has temporarily ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the extent to which Mars is quietly tugging on Earth's orbit and shaping the ...

Artificial intelligence is no longer a novelty – it’s part of everyday life. Large language models (LLMs) answer questions, craft social media posts, and streamline repetitive tasks for consumers ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Nilton O. Rennó receives funding from NASA, JPL, DARPA, and IARPA. Mars is a very dry planet with very little water in its atmosphere and hardly any clouds, so you might not expect it to have storms.

NASA to Earthlings: Help us farm Mars. The nation's space agency has launched an international competition to help feed astronauts stationed on Mars, asking for a two-week meal plan to feed an ...

MAVEN has enough fuel to stay in orbit until 2030, but after a month of silence, scientists say recovery is increasingly unlikely. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien ...

NASA lost contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter in early December and has been unable to reconnect with the vehicle. NASA plans to resume efforts to hail the spacecraft now that the solar conjunction ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — In the end, poor weather forced Blue Origin on Sunday to scrub its second launch of its New Glenn rocket. It was supposed to send up NASA’s ESCAPADE mission, which ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

Biological limits A sustainable Mars colony will need to include raising children there, but childbirth would be very risky on Mars. (Courtesy: iStock/Denis Art) “It’s hard to say when exactly sending ...