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October 11, 2017

NASA finds potential 'cradle of life' on Mars in shocking discovery

A recent discovery made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows the evidence of ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits that may offer clues about life on the Red Planet and Earth as well.

October 11, 2017

Mars once had a lake 10 times larger than the Great Lakes

Scientists have known for some time that Mars once had lots and lots of water — in fact, some of it is still there — but exactly where it existed on the planet has been pretty difficult to figure out thanks to billions of years of surface erosion. Now, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered one place on the red planet that held a whole bunch of the life-giving liquid: an incredibly massive lake that, during its peak, held ten times the amount of water of all the Great Lakes, combined.

October 5, 2017

Creeping giants: Martian volcanoes grew incredibly slowly

Volcanoes on Mars are more than 1,000 times as old as their counterparts on Earth, new research suggests.

October 5, 2017

Giant deposit on Mars may not be icy after all

Giant deposits of ice may not lie hidden under the surface of Mars, between its equator and poles, as recently suggested, a new study finds.

October 3, 2017

Ancient Mars may have thawed through methane bursts

Ancient Mars may have been warmed by bursts of methane trapped under its surface, a new study finds — which could help explain past episodes of warmer, wetter climate on the otherwise freezing Red Planet.

October 3, 2017

Water ice mystery found at Martian equator

A new examination of old data suggests that there might be ice hiding in the Martian equator, even though scientists previously thought that the substance couldn't exist there.

October 2, 2017

Dubai's 'space simulation city' aims to pave the way for life on Mars

Dubai in the UAE is planning to build a huge "space simulation city" in the desert so scientists can develop life-supporting systems on Mars. Last year the UAE said it wanted to build a city on the red planet within 100 years.

September 29, 2017

Lockheed Martin unveils sleek, reusable lander for crewed Mars missions

A commercial effort to get humans into orbit around Mars in the late 2020s now includes a sleek vehicle to send astronauts down to the surface of the Red Planet.

September 29, 2017

Elon Musk wants Giant SpaceX spaceship to fly people to Mars by 2024

SpaceX aims to launch its first cargo mission to Mars in 2022 and send people toward the Red Planet just two years after that.

September 27, 2017

Vice President Pence calls for return to the Moon, boots on Mars

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Trump administration will seek a heavier emphasis on human-spaceflight efforts, including crewed missions to the moon and Mars, Vice President Mike Pence said today (July 6).