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December 2, 2020

Elon Musk predicts humans will be on Mars in 6 years

NASA wants to return to the moon in 2024, but Elon Musk is thinking bigger than that -- he thinks humans can be on Mars by 2026.

November 20, 2020

Elon Musk says Mars will have 'glass domes' for people to live in

With Elon Musk increasingly thinking about making humanity a "multiplanetary" species, talk has turned to where people would live. Naturally, the enigmatic Musk has a plan for that.

November 12, 2020

NASA's Perseverance rover getting closer to Mars, potentially finding evidence of life

NASA's Perseverance rover has less than 100 days until it gets to Mars and looks for fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial life, the space agency announced. 

November 11, 2020

Researchers discover Mars had water before there was life on Earth

NASA is on its way to figuring out whether Mars contains fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial life, but a new study suggests the Red Planet had water billions of years earlier than previously believed.

October 28, 2020

NASA's Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars

After launching on July 30 to head to the Red Planet, NASA's Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars, the space agency announced.

October 18, 2020

Elon Musk sets 4-year timeline for SpaceX Mars mission, says there's a 'fighting chance'

Musk made the comments during the International Mars Society Convention, speaking via Zoom.

September 28, 2020

Mars has lakes with liquid water that could be home to life: study

Mars has an abundance of liquid water in the underground lakes in its south pole, according to a newly published study.

September 3, 2020

NASA baffled by mysterious ridges on Mars

NASA has spent years observing and exploring Mars, but the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a picture of a ridged portion of the Martian surface last month that is "puzzling" to researchers.

August 31, 2020

Mars dust devil spotted by NASA’s Curiosity Rover

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has spotted a dust devil traveling across the surface of Mars.

August 30, 2020

Bacteria could have traveled from Mars to Earth, changing what we know about how life formed, study says

A newly published study notes that a type of bacteria was able to survive in space outside the International Space Station, opening up the possibility that life could have traveled from Mars.