Mars
Unusual Crater in Mars’ Mamers Valles (Gallery)
The Mars Express Spacecraft captured several images of an unusual crater in the Mamers Valles area on Mars with its…
Imminent Discovery of Life On Mars?
Do you think there is life on Mars? Do you think Phoenix will find evidence of it? Now there's a…
It’s Almost Time for the Mars Phoenix Landing
You probably already forgot, but NASA has a spacecraft heading to Mars right now. The Phoenix Mars Lander has been…
Help Find the Mars Polar Lander
NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander is just a few weeks away from landing on the surface of Mars. NASA really hopes…
Learning to Breathe Mars Air (Video)
Talk about dedication! Volunteers in Russia are testing the ability of humans to breathe argon-enriched air, as part of a…
NASA Considers Manned Asteroid Mission
What would happen if we spot a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEO) heading straight for us? Assuming we had enough time, we…
Will Mars Astronauts be put in Suspended Animation for the Journey?
Could you handle six months in space with a tiny handful of crew? Keep in mind you'd be doing everything…
Searching for Water and Minerals on Mars – Implications for Colonization
New results from the The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) reveal…
Spirit’s Dust Dilemma
Steve Squyres and the Mars Exploration Rover team knew from the beginning that dust could cause a problem for the…
Mars Was Recently Blanketed By Glaciers
Mars is a dead world, unchanging for billions of years. Right? Maybe not. Researchers from Brown University have found evidence…