Viking consisted of two twin orbiters and landers, with experimental chambers in the landers to conduct three biology ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered rocks within an ancient river channel on Mars that could hold clues to long-vanished ...

NASA recently spotted something strange on Mars—a nearly perfect square-shaped formation on the planet’s surface! At first glance, it looks like something artificial, sparking wild theories about ...

Life on Mars is still a big maybe, but if humans ever manage to settle there, they won’t go alone. Any future colony will need organisms that can tolerate intense radiation and a serious lack of ...

Pune: Students of Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT), who built a drone that could operate in a GPS-denied environment like on Mars, won the Isro Robotics Challenge —URSC 2025. The results ...

A bee-like robot currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is part of a new generation of bots inspired by creepy crawlies. The machine, which weighs less than a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Haemimont Games and Paradox Interactive have announced that they are remastering their sci-fi strategy city builder Surviving Mars. Appropriately ...

Musk wants to send the first uncrewed Starship to Mars by the end of 2026, followed by human spaceflights in the years after. The first humans on Mars would be tasked with laying the groundwork to ...

"Starship’s tenth flight test provided valuable data by stressing the limits of vehicle capabilities and providing maximum excitement along the way." The Starship megarocket passed its latest launch ...