Mars

Elon Musk's SpaceX company has performed a key test on its huge new rocket system, Starship taking a step toward its first-ever orbital test flight, which could take place as soon as next month. A Starship first-stage prototype known as...

Billionaire Bill Gates questioned Elon Musk’s priorities saying he would rather pay for vaccines than travel to Mars, which he does not think is a good use of money. "It's actually quite expensive to go to Mars. You can buy...

Nasa has announced that it plans to conduct tests of nuclear-powered rockets that might transport astronauts to Mars at incredible speeds. Together with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) of the United States government, the agency stated on Tuesday...

New NASA footage shows that Mars, the red planet, has been transformed from a barren wasteland into a beautiful winter wonderland in certain parts. In the Northern Hemisphere of Mars, the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter are inspecting an...

It appears that NASA's InSight Mars lander has sent its final message from the Red Planet, tweeting a photo of its dust-covered seismometer along with a heartfelt parting message. "My power is really low, so this may be the last...

A major asteroid impact similar to the Chicxulub collision in a shallow ocean region is most likely to have led to a Mars mega-tsunami. The Chicxulub impact contributed to untold devastation and mass extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs on Earth...

Elon Musk has long championed the campaign for bringing human beings to Mars, claiming that a colony will be established as early as five years from now, with ten years being a "worst-case scenario." While many scientists disagree with Musk's...

Ancient bacteria might be sleeping beneath the surface of Mars, where it has been shielded from the harsh radiation of space for millions of years, according to new research. Researchers simulated conditions on Mars in a lab to see how...

Automotive giant Tesla revealed that it is adding a remarkable new trick to its delayed Cybertruck with CEO Elon Mask noting that the vehicle will "serve briefly as a boat" and is also destined for Mars in the near...

Deep beneath the surface of Mars, China's Zhurong rover has discovered evidence of two significant floods that likely sculpted the area it has been exploring since it landed in May 2021. The first outcome from Zhurong's radar imager, which can...