June 12, 2020 NASA delays launch of next Mars rover NASA announced that it will delay the launch of its next Mars rover a few days, citing repair issues.
June 10, 2020 Mars' mysterious moon Phobos captured in new NASA images There are more than 200 moons in the Solar System, including Phobos and Deimos, which orbit Mars. NASA's Odyssey orbiter has snapped new pictures of Phobos, giving new insight into the celestial satellite.
June 3, 2020 Mars may have been a ringed planet in its ancient past, study suggests There are four planets in the Solar System that have rings — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. A new study, however, suggests that Mars may have also once been a ringed planet.
May 21, 2020 NASA will pay people to spend 8 months in a lockdown to simulate missions to Mars and the moon NASA's long-term goal is to have astronauts head to Mars in the 2030s, but before it gets there, it's going to pay people to act like they're headed to the Red Planet.
May 12, 2020 Mars could have saltwater puddles, but they're likely too cold to support life, study suggests Ancient Mars may have contained water packed with the ingredients to support life, but there is no known life on the Red Planet today. A new study suggests the conditions on the present-day Martian surface are actually too cold for life.
May 11, 2020 Martian rock samples could bring extraterrestrial viruses to Earth, expert warns As if the planet didn't have enough to worry about with the coronavirus pandemic, one researcher is worried about extraterrestrial viruses.
May 5, 2020 Was Mars once 'blue'? Meteorite discovery sheds light on red planet’s early history Scientists have discovered 4-billion-year-old organic molecules containing nitrogen in a Martian meteorite, shedding new light on the red planet’s early history.
April 30, 2020 Mars helicopter to fly on NASA’s next rover mission to the Red Planet NASA plans to send a Mars Helicopter to the Red Planet.
April 2, 2020 NASA's Perseverance rover carrying 'special' hidden message to Mars NASA's new Mars rover, aptly named Perseverance in these trying times, has a "special message" hidden on it, the space agency has revealed.
March 30, 2020 Ancient Mars had 2 reservoirs of water deep underground, study claims Scientists have discovered that two unique reservoirs of ancient water once flowed deep beneath the surface of Mars.