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May 23, 2019

Major Martian ice discovery thrills scientists

Scientists have discovered layers of ice buried a mile beneath Mars’ north pole that could help unlock the Red Planet’s history.

May 21, 2019

Mars colonists ‘will become super-mutants with cancer-immune skin’ – but could die ‘if they mate with Earthlings’, scientist warns

The first humans on Mars will quickly become too fragile to have sex with.

May 15, 2019

Giant hole in the Martian atmosphere is venting all its water into space

There's a hole in the Martian atmosphere that opens once every two years, venting the planet's limited water supply into space — and dumping the rest of the water at the planet's poles.

May 14, 2019

Here's the winner of NASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat challenge

New York-based design agency AI SpaceFactory took the top prize in a NASA competition to 3D print a habitat that could be used on the moon or Mars.

May 10, 2019

Could there be life on Mars today?

The search for life on Mars shouldn't focus exclusively on the distant past, some researchers say.

May 8, 2019

Monster Mars dust storms may have helped blow Red Planet's water away

Huge Mars dust storms like the one that killed NASA's Opportunity rover may have helped to blow some of the Red Planet's ancient water away for good, researchers say.

May 2, 2019

Buzz Aldrin calls for human 'migration' to Mars: ‘We explore, or we expire’

Buzz Aldrin argued that the U.S. should be working towards “the great migration of humankind to Mars,” as a matter of the “ultimate survival” of humanity, in an op-ed for The Washington Post.

April 30, 2019

'Organs on chips' set for launch to the International Space Station

The next resupply mission to the International Space Station will contain sophisticated ‘organs-on-chips’ designed to provide valuable scientific data for future human spaceflight and diseases on Earth.

April 25, 2019

NASA captures Martian landslide in stunning pic

NASA has released a stunningly beautiful image of a landslide on Mars in an area known as Cerberus Fossae.

April 24, 2019

NASA's InSight lander records first-ever 'Mars quake'

NASA may have recorded the first-ever "marsquake," thanks to its InSight lander.