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March 2, 2017

Cool NASA video shows dust devils whirling on Mars

It’s summertime on Mars where NASA’s Curiosity rover is exploring, and that means it’s windy there— and the nuclear-powered rover has captured blowing dust devils traveling across the planet’s surface.

February 20, 2017

The UAE's next ambitious project is to build a city on Mars

The United Arab Emirates, a place that knows a thing or two about constructing cities in harsh environments, has announced its most ambitious building project yet -- a city on Mars.

February 13, 2017

Landing sites for 2020 Mars rover: NASA weighs 3 options

NASA has selected three potential landing sites for the upcoming Mars 2020 rover: an ancient lake, a past volcanic hotbed and an early hot-spring site.

February 7, 2017

Study questions how Mars could have supported different water sources

The early Martian atmosphere likely didn’t contain enough carbon dioxide to keep the planet warm enough for liquid water, according to National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists.

January 23, 2017

Microbes could survive thin air of Mars

Microbes that rank among the simplest and most ancient organisms on Earth could survive the extremely thin air of Mars, a new study finds.

January 20, 2017

Mud cracks on Mars suggest a watery ancient past

NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed shallow crevices on Mars that may have formed from ancient mud cracks, yet more evidence that the planet had a watery past.

January 19, 2017

NASA study paving way for human travel to Mars

A group of NASA-funded researchers are poised to enter an isolated geodesic dome on a remote Hawaii volcano to study human behavior in long-term space exploration, including a planned voyage to Mars.

December 28, 2016

The 10 biggest spaceflight stories of 2016

2016 was a very busy year in space.

December 21, 2016

NASA scientists reveal how 'spiders' grow on Mars

NASA scientists think they have found an explanation for how mysterious ‘spider’ features develop on the surface of Mars.

November 30, 2016

Huge underground ice deposit on Mars is bigger than New Mexico

A giant deposit of buried ice on Mars contains about as much water as Lake Superior does here on Earth, a new study reports.