Wannabe space 'superpower' UK tosses £1.6M at eight research projects Very world-beating funding Science08 Mar 2023 | 64
To explore caves on Mars and the Moon, take a hint from Hansel & Gretel, say boffins Robot adventurers drop mesh network 'breadcrumbs' to stay connected Science03 Mar 2023 | 31
China's Zhurong rover may be dead: NASA images show no sign of life Pic Or maybe it's just resting and pining for the fjords Science23 Feb 2023 | 11
Research raises questions: Are instruments taken to Mars sensitive enough to find life? Study in Chile desert finds NASA Mars mission instruments unlikely to detect signs of life in Earth's most arid regions Science21 Feb 2023 | 18
Curiosity finds clearest evidence yet for water on Mars A rippled rocky ridge suggests the presence of lakes and waves, all at a higher elevation than expected Science09 Feb 2023 | 9
Field trip! European Space Agency sends astronauts abroad to learn about rocks Astronauts need better autonomy as ground control gets further away Science06 Feb 2023 | 12
NASA, DARPA to go nuclear in hopes of putting boots on Mars Fission reactor rocket should get them going quite fast Science25 Jan 2023 | 44
Robot seal tested for stress relief on pretend Mars mission Anything to avoid interacting with Elon Musk Offbeat11 Jan 2023 | 29
The balmy equator of Mars looks rich in opal-bound water The poles have ice but it's freezing up there, so why not grind gems for cocktails? Science09 Jan 2023 | 10
China's Mars rover hibernates for a scarily long time Zhurongs don't make a right and suggest the mission may not have survived winter Science09 Jan 2023 | 19
Perseverance rover drops off first sample tube on surface of Mars Woohoo! Cameras on robot's belly confirm it isn't going to drive over it Science22 Dec 2022 | 30
NASA retires Mars InSight mission after it enters ‘dead bus’ condition So long and thanks for all the science Science22 Dec 2022 | 19
NASA's Mars InSight uploads its (probably) final image, shares it in a tweet All those expensive gadgets the boffins attached to it, they couldn't afford a feather duster? Science20 Dec 2022 | 28
Boffins hear Martian dust devils' rumbles for first time Audio recordings of local whirlwinds provide data on Mars weather, wear and tear of space hardware Science13 Dec 2022 | 3
You're getting warmer: NASA's thermal mole reveals active mantle plume on Mars Discovery shows 'astrobiological potential of subsurface habitable environments' Science05 Dec 2022 | 9
Boffins are studying Martian clouds to avoid another Opportunity episode They look and behave a lot like those on Earth – except they're made of dust Science18 Nov 2022 | 9
You wait for an aurora on Mars and MAVEN spots two arriving at the same time Boffins baffled: There's, like, zero magnetic field and very little atmosphere. What gives? Science11 Nov 2022 | 8
InSight Mars lander has only 'few weeks' of power left Think I got some dust in my eye Science02 Nov 2022 | 70
Signs of sediment-rich ocean lend direction to Mars life search 3D models and maps show similarities in how the planet and Earth share sediment strategies Science31 Oct 2022 | 7
NASA details totally doable, not science fiction plan for sending Mars rocks to Earth So crazy, it just might work Science29 Oct 2022 | 79
Origins of mysterious marsquake settled: It was a meteoroid what done it We've spotted the massive ice-hole it left behind Science28 Oct 2022 | 13
Martian microbes could survive up to 280 million years buried underground That is if they're anything like the radiation-resistant 'Conan the Bacterium' here on Earth Science26 Oct 2022 | 31
Mars rover Curiosity reaches sulfate-rich Mount Sharp after 10-year journey NASA had been aiming for the region since before landing because there are 'signs of past water' Science20 Oct 2022 | 13
Self-imposed climate change may have killed Martian life Hungry microbes blamed for chilling out the party too much Science11 Oct 2022 | 27
Japan tests probe to land on Martian moon Phobos, bring a chunk of it back to Earth COVID hiccups be damned, work on instruments and connectivity is under way and space agency JAXA is determined to hit launch window Science06 Oct 2022 | 20
Astroboffins present fresh evidence of moving liquid water on Mars Pack your bags, we're off to huddle on some alien ice caps. It beats Earth Science30 Sep 2022 | 30
Was there life on Mars? Perseverance scrapes up promising samples Fact organic matter was found in sedimentary rock, which preserves fossils here on Earth, 'important' Science16 Sep 2022 | 16
The answer to 3D printing equipment on Mars might lie in the Red Planet's dust Talk about dirt cheap Science07 Sep 2022 | 27
How this Mars rover used its MOXIE to convert CO2 into precious oxygen Producing vital gas out of Red Planet's hostile atmosphere? Truly a test of Perseverance Science01 Sep 2022 | 42
NASA has MOXIE, but rivals reckon they can do better for oxygen on Mars Food and fuels, too? Totally not sounding like a Star Trek replicator Science18 Aug 2022 | 39
NASA: Mars rocks won't make it back to Earth until 2033 Cute that they think the human race will still be here when Perseverance's samples arrive Science28 Jul 2022 | 32
ESA kicks ExoMars rover down the road, to 2026 at best The way forward to Mars is cancelled (you meant the meeting, right?) Science20 Jul 2022 | 4
Mars helicopter to take a breather, recharge batteries Like a lot of us hope to do, Ingenuity goes on summer break Science14 Jul 2022 | 52
ESA's 2030+ roadmap envisions Europeans on the Moon and Mars But the agency is distinctly aware that it needs more autonomy Science05 Jul 2022 | 23
NASA ignores InSight's battery woes in pursuit of data Space boffins: Nevermind ekeing out the battery, let it go out in a blaze of glory! Science22 Jun 2022 | 7
Mars Express orbiter to get code update after 19 years And over millions of miles, too. Piece of cake!? Science22 Jun 2022 | 51
Mars helicopter needs patch to fly again after sensor failure NASA engineers continue to show Ingenuity as uplinking process begins Software07 Jun 2022 | 16
NASA's 161-second helicopter tour of Martian terrain Video Ingenuity footage sent back to Earth via Perseverance, despite looming battery problem Science30 May 2022 | 35
NASA's InSight doomed as Mars dust coats solar panels The little lander that couldn't (any longer) Science18 May 2022 | 62
Mars Ingenuity helicopter and Perseverance are talking again NASA drops heater temp to boost batteries as dust hits solar supply Science09 May 2022 | 33
ExoMars rover launch axed over Russia tensions ESA will need to source a different rocket, lander, and descent stage in time for next window in 2024 Science17 Mar 2022 | 32
Software upgrades help Mars helicopter keep flying Ingenuity's Earth-side coding team has expanded, and so has its rover-assistance mission Science16 Mar 2022 | 14
ESA-Russia Mars rover launch on ice after Ukraine invasion Rosalind Franklin can't catch a break Science01 Mar 2022 | 6
NASA's InSight probe emerges from Mars dust storm Plucky probe exceeded expectations. What's your excuse for that keyboard? Science10 Feb 2022 | 47
NASA taps Lockheed Martin to build Mars parcel pickup rocket The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, they said – but Perseverance samples just might make it Science08 Feb 2022 | 53
NASA's Curiosity finds signs of ancient life on Mars. Or maybe not. More data needed Rover heats up samples, sniffs carbon signature associated with biological processes on Earth Science19 Jan 2022 | 27
NASA's Mars InSight trips into safe mode and ESA's Sentinel-1B gives scientists the silent treatment Space is hard Science12 Jan 2022 | 22
Perseverance on the rocks: Pebbles clog up the rover's Martian sample collection Engineers try to clear material so Mars bot can continue drilling Science11 Jan 2022 | 34
Mars helicopter mission (which Apache says is powered byLog4j) overcomes separate network glitch to confirm new flight record Ingenuity clocks up 30 minutes flying in the Martian skies Science16 Dec 2021 | 40
ExoMars parachutes just about good enough to land rover safely on the Red Planet Nobody wants to see Rosalind Franklin scattered over Oxia Planum Science14 Dec 2021 | 38
ESA's Mars Express picks up plaintive bleeps of China's Zhurong rover, adding much-needed comms redundancy We're all ears Science02 Dec 2021 | 6
It's fake ooze, don't fall for fake ooze: Alien fossils found on Mars might just be simple chemistry, uni pair warn Similar mistakes have been made in the past, after all Science18 Nov 2021 | 37
FYI: Catastrophic flooding helped carve Martian valleys, not just rivers of water Thanks, science Science29 Sep 2021 | 23
NASA halts Mars comms for two weeks as Sun gets in way of Red Planet Who wouldn't want a break from Earth's noise? Science29 Sep 2021 | 26
Boffins say Martian colonists could pee in buckets, give blood if they want shelter In terms of building materials, Mars has nothing to offer but blood, soil, sweat and tears. And urine. Lots of urine Science14 Sep 2021 | 52
NASA's Perseverance rover nabs two Martian rock samples for scientists on Earth to study one day Too early to confirm ancient alien life, but a 'potentially habitable sustained environment,' though... Science14 Sep 2021 | 11
Perseverance rover drilled a rock on Mars and probably snaffled a core sample Now to enact humanity's cunning interplanetary kidnapping plan Science03 Sep 2021 | 21
Perseverance to take a second stab at Martian rocks ... but first it has to scratch'n'sniff Hopefully this'll be the sample that eventually gets sent back to Earth Science27 Aug 2021 | 9
Everyone's going to Mars: Rocket Lab joins the Red Planet Fan Club An interplanetary ESCAPADE via Photon spacecraft and a NASA commercial rocket Science23 Aug 2021 | 6
China's Mars rover assigned extended mission after exceeding life expectancy But first, a holiday while Mars is on the other side of the Sun Science23 Aug 2021 | 15
NASA blames the wrong kind of Martian rock for Perseverance sample failure Not a hardware or software bug, for a change Science12 Aug 2021 | 37
NASA comes up empty on Perseverance rover's first Mars sample drilling attempt Suspects rocks are the problem, not probe Science09 Aug 2021 | 25