June 20, 2019 Americans prefer to stop asteroids from hitting Earth over going to the Moon or Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research and using robots to explore the cosmos over sending humans back to the moon or on to Mars, a poll shows.
June 18, 2019 Meteor 'smoke' may spawn cotton candy clouds on Mars Cotton candy clouds in the middle atmosphere of Mars may owe their life to dying meteors.
June 17, 2019 New Mars crater exposes mysterious darker material The Red Planet was hit by an asteroid sometime within the past three years and the resulting crater has exposed a "darker material" underneath Mars' reddish dust that is currently perplexing scientists.
June 14, 2019 Mysterious 'Star Trek logo' spotted on Mars by NASA The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has taken a picture of a dune on Mars that looks strikingly like the Starfleet logo.
June 11, 2019 Volcanic explosion on Mars may have spawned this strange rock billions of years ago Next year, NASA will launch a new Mars rover , one equipped to determine whether the Red Planet ever hosted life — but it could also determine how violently Martian volcanoes erupted during the planet's geologic heyday.
June 10, 2019 NASA's Mars helicopter whirls through tests on way to 2020 launch NASA's first Mars helicopter is getting close to final approval for launch after passing several key tests.
June 7, 2019 Trump sends surprising tweet, says NASA 'should not be talking about going to the Moon' NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!
June 5, 2019 Life on Mars? 'Fettuccine' rocks could be 'obvious sign of life' The search for life on Mars may come down to whether the Red Planet is more like Olive Garden than the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
May 31, 2019 NASA finds evidence of ancient lake on Mars NASA's Curiosity rover has made several discoveries since landing on Mars in August 2012. Now, it's discovered remnants what may be an ancient lake on the Red Planet.
May 30, 2019 California researchers have found a new way to bring oxygen to Mars One of the biggest issues with putting astronauts on Mars is the weak atmosphere and the lack of oxygen needed to sustain life. Astronauts would need to wear spacesuits almost constantly to live and work on the Red Planet. However, a team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology may have come up with a solution for the difficult issue – the astronauts could generate their own oxygen at will.
