Thank $deity that week's over. Look, here's some trippy music generated from pixels of a Martian sunrise to play us out Video So there is fife on Mars? Science10 Nov 2018 | 13
The 'roid in Spain drills mainly on the plain: Plucky Brit Mars robot laps up sun, sand and, er, simulated science Scientists watch from 1,000 miles away as Charlie the Rover plays with ExoMars' toys Science27 Oct 2018 | 29
Fuzzy logic makes a comeback – in picking where Earth sticks its probes into alien worlds NASA mapping data educates computers for safe landings AI + ML27 Sep 2018 | 9
Good news: Sub-surface life on Mars possible, moons from big impacts. There is no bad news Yippee, it's a double whammy of Red Planet research Science25 Sep 2018 | 24
Curiosity's computer silent on science, baffling boffins Robot is 'responsive' but for some reason it can't transmit science data Science21 Sep 2018 | 47
Flying to Mars will be so rad, dude: Year-long trip may dump 60% lifetime dose of radiation on you Cancer, brain damage, a bad back ... it's all for a good cause Science20 Sep 2018 | 109
Martian weather has cleared at last: Now NASA's wondering, will Opportunity knock? 45 days of 'WAKE UP' calls to be shouted at teenage rover Science12 Sep 2018 | 31
Hurrah! Boffins finally discover liquid water sloshing around on Mars Idea was first speculated more than 30 years ago – now hidden lake detected Science26 Jul 2018 | 38
All that dust on Mars is coming from one weird giant alien structure Impress pals at the pub by telling them about the creepy-sounding Medusae Fossae Science25 Jul 2018 | 76
Geoboffins spot hundreds of ghost dunes on Mars It may have shielded life from harmful rays of radiation billions of years ago Science12 Jul 2018 | 26
Da rude sand storm seizes the Opportunity, threatens to KO rover Video 'It's like watching your loved one in a coma' sigh heartbroken NASA boffins Security14 Jun 2018 | 35
Done and dusted? Vast storm gobbles NASA's long-lived Mars robot Opportunity survived 2007 gale, but this one's way worse Science11 Jun 2018 | 48
NASA finds more stuff suggesting Mars could have hosted life, maybe Organic material and methane finds can’t be tied to biological processes Science08 Jun 2018 | 50
Toaster oven-sized boffin box bound for Mars to search for life NASA hitches a ride on ESA's red planet trundle wagon Science25 May 2018 | 10
NASA fix for Curiosity rovers's damaged drill: hitting it, repeatedly Robot arm to add 'percussive' force so we can drill, baby, drill Science18 May 2018 | 53
The Rocky Planet Picture Show: NASA Mars InSight ready for launch 80% chance you won’t see an Atlas V through the California fog Science04 May 2018 | 23
Here's another headline where NASA is dragged through the mud for cheap Mars wise cracks Pic Oh no, wait, that is the news. Except the cheap part Science20 Apr 2018 | 25
Let's go to Mars, dude: Euro space parachute passes maiden test Payload not smashed to smithereens, massive plus Science29 Mar 2018 | 36
Geoboffins believe gigantic volcanoes kickstarted Mars' oceans New model sees Red Planet turning Blue early on Science19 Mar 2018 | 15
Martian microbes may just be resting – boffins The aliens are coming! Just add water... Maybe Science28 Feb 2018 | 32
Euro Space Agency probe begins search for guff gas on Mars Do we mean methane? You're darn tootin' Science21 Feb 2018 | 18
Opportunity knocked? Rover survives Martian winter, may not survive budget cuts Long-lived robot throws 5,000 sol party. Beancounters not invited Science19 Feb 2018 | 81
Mars is red, Earth is blue. Here's a space laser story for you NASA to take Mars meteor from London and use it for target practise ahead of 2020 mission Science14 Feb 2018 | 25
NASA budget shock: Climate studies? GTFO. We're making the Moon great again, says Trump Cheer up – by 2030, we'll have flying cars, too Science12 Feb 2018 | 154
Can't wait to get to Mars on a SpaceX ship? It's a cold, dead rock – boffins El Reg says: Ignore the Big Red Planet lobby, get your ASCII to somewhere better Science07 Feb 2018 | 51
MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF CARS: SpaceX parks a Tesla in orbit (just don't mention the barge) Video Falcon Heavy blasts off, 2 boosters return, 1 destroyed Science06 Feb 2018 | 337
NASA rethinking InSight probe mission after dust storm predicted for Mars Could be the end of the road for Opportunity, too Science24 Jan 2018 | 16
Anglo, French space agencies sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G UKSA and CNES buddy up on climate science, Mars missions Science19 Jan 2018 | 10
Ice cliffs found on Mars and NASA says they’re a tap for astronauts Not so fast, please. Ask polar explorers and mountaineers how hard it is to get a drink Science12 Jan 2018 | 52
Where did all that water go? Mars was holding it wrong, say boffins If there was life on the Red Planet, it hit the rocks – literally Science22 Dec 2017 | 41
Which distant Mars-alikes could we live on? Ask these Red Planet data-sifters MAVEN probe observations shed light on atmosphere loss Science14 Dec 2017 | 23
Trump to NASA: Fly me (or some other guys) to the Moon POTUS also wants to Make Mars Great Again Science12 Dec 2017 | 97
Opportunity rover survives Martian winter for eighth time Emerges without much dust, ready for fourteenth Earth year of ops - rather longer than planned 90-day mission! Science07 Dec 2017 | 57
'Water on Mars' re-classified as just 'sand on Mars' Maybe very slightly damp sand, but new look at Martian gullies finds they look like dunes Science23 Nov 2017 | 33
NASA reveals Curiosity 2020's 23-camera payload Probe to carry cams named SHERLOC and WATSON, plus chute-cam and selfie-snappers Science01 Nov 2017 | 29
Curiosity rover gives Mars the middle finger, prepares to get drilling Pics Robot arm to penetrate surface, get alien world's rocks off for analysis Science24 Oct 2017 | 29
Once more, with feeling: Dawn to take a closer look at Ceres Meanwhile on Mars, we've found a twisted tail Science23 Oct 2017 | 18
Red (Planet) alert: Future astro-heroes face shocking adventures on Martian moon Phobos Vid You may want to resist current plans to discharge a base on the surface Science20 Oct 2017 | 21
Li-quid hot mag-ma: There's a Martian meteorite in your backyard. How'd it get there? Asteroid smacks chunks off a volcano... but not as we know it Science04 Oct 2017 | 27
Dome, sweet dome: UAE mulls Martian city here on Earth ahead of Red Planet colonization Massive facility will try self-sustaining for a year Science28 Sep 2017 | 80
NASA, Roscosmos: We're building a lunar space station! Can't say where. Can't say when. Can't agree on Mars or Moon as target. But it'll happen! Science28 Sep 2017 | 24
NASA, wait, wait lemme put my drink down... NASA, you need to be searching for vanadium Bio-boffins urge Red Planet life search to hunt for weird metal Science22 Sep 2017 | 20
NASA Earthonauts emerge from eight-month isolation in simulated Mars visit Video 'Hang on, Trump has done what??!?' Science18 Sep 2017 | 46
Unable to give up on life on Mars, bio-boffins now thrilled to find boron Another glimmer of hope of finding ET on otherwise barren brutal busted-flush dust world Science06 Sep 2017 | 28
Place your bets: How long will 1TFLOPS HPE box last in space without proper rad hardening NASA about to find out, thanks to SpaceX launch to ISS HPC12 Aug 2017 | 61
Shock: NASA denies secret child sex slave cannibal colony on Mars No humans on Red Planet, straight-faced officials have the audacity to claim Science30 Jun 2017 | 126
NASA tells Curiosity: Quit showing off, no 'wheelies' please Software update adds traction control to protect rover's wheels Science30 Jun 2017 | 31
Humanity uploaded an AI to Mars and lets it shoot rocks with lasers Curiosity Rover's autonomous operation experiments have been a great success, say astro-boffins Science22 Jun 2017 | 29
Curiosity drills into the watery origins of Mars Minerals found in Mars rocks strengthen case for past life-friendly conditions Science12 Jun 2017 | 25
Going to Mars may give you cancer, warns doc Quick, let the Daily Mail know – add the Red Planet to cereal, cheese, tea, joy and other crazy carcinogens you must avoid Science06 Jun 2017 | 80
Curiosity rover's crater 'offered multiple microbe-friendly environments' Chemical analysis of Gale Crater finds Martian lakes were a lot like ours Science02 Jun 2017 | 4
Curiosity Rover's drill is ill. But chill: we can dig Martian sand instead of rocking hard Take than, cowardly LGMs! We have a few grams of your grains Science05 May 2017 | 12
Software woes keep NASA's new crewed missions grounded Space Launch System and Orion Crew Vehicle won't lift off for planned 2018 test flight Legal28 Apr 2017 | 17
Opportunity rover gets bored of spot it's explored since 2014 NASA moving to 'Perseverance Valley' where we can see Martian erosion in action Science20 Apr 2017 | 29
Boeing details 'Deep Space Gateway' for Mars mission staging Aerospace outfit says just four launches could build a base in Lunar space by the early 2020s Science04 Apr 2017 | 69
Wet, wild Mars stripped off by hot young star, left barren and red faced And they dare call El Reg The Sun of science and technology – the nerve! Science31 Mar 2017 | 21
SpaceX wows world with a ho-hum launch of a reused rocket, landing it on a tiny boring barge Pics And put a sat in orbit without any explosions. Yawn Science30 Mar 2017 | 153
ESA picks final two ExoMars landing site candidates Welsh corner of Mars makes the final list, along with once-wet Oxia Planum Science29 Mar 2017 | 10
Mars orbiter FLOORS IT to avoid hitting MOON MAVEN was on track to come within seven seconds of Phobos Science06 Mar 2017 | 78
NASA picks three Martian wet patches for 2020 splashdown Bug-hunting mission's final landing site candidates are thought to have seen water flow Science14 Feb 2017 | 13
NASA's Curiosity puts cat among the climate pigeons: Lack of CO2 sinks water theory About that whole running liquid on the surface thing… Science07 Feb 2017 | 78
Mars isn't the garbage wasteworld you think it is: Swirling polar ice cap photographed Pics Santa's second home revealed in space snaps Science04 Feb 2017 | 29