October 2, 2019 NASA is hearing 'peculiar sounds' on Mars NASA's InSight lander recorded the first-ever "Mars quake" in April. Nearly six months later, the lander has picked up more "peculiar sounds" on the Red Planet.
October 2, 2019 NASA chief scientist says 'we're close' to making announcements about life on Mars In a startling interview, NASA's chief scientist Jim Green, Ph.D., has said the space agency is close to "making some announcements" about finding life on Mars — but that we're not ready for it.
October 1, 2019 Life on Mars? Researcher wants microbes in space to help humans survive 'barren sterile planets' A controversial new research paper suggests that in order for humanity to survive "barren sterile planets" such as Mars, we have to send other forms of life there first — in the form of microbes.
September 23, 2019 Bizarre magnetic pulses found on Mars: It 'raises interesting questions' Scientists have discovered bizarre bursts of magnetic pulses on Mars that are raising "interesting questions."
August 27, 2019 Ancient Mars was warm and rainy enough to support life, study says It's long been established that Mars once had water on its surface. But a new study suggests that between 3 and 4 billion years ago, the Red Planet was warm and wet enough to have massive rainstorms and flowing water, an environment that may have supported life.
August 22, 2019 Gingrich, Kwast, Walker and Autry: A $2 billion prize will bring US permanent moon and Mars settlements This prize approach will galvanize public attention and attract a lot of new energy and resources.
August 21, 2019 Elon Musk puts the brakes on 'nuke Mars' theory Just days after telling the world he still wants to "nuke Mars," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has slightly walked back the proposal, instead offering a new idea that doesn't use nuclear weapons.
August 19, 2019 Elon Musk still wants to 'nuke Mars' Three years after first proposing the idea, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk again wants to "nuke Mars."
August 18, 2019 Newt Gingrich: We’re in a space race with China – We must win to protect our economic and national security The country that masters orbit between Earth and the moon will set the rules for future space commerce.
August 13, 2019 Cause of mysterious methane spikes on Mars still unknown A few months after detecting an "unusually high" level of methane on Mars, researchers have yet to figure out what's causing the spike. They have, however, ruled out one possibility and appear to be getting closer to answering whether life exists on other planets.