China is looking to expand its space program extensively within just the next few years. Not only does the nation expect to build its own crewed space lab
So, we want to send people to Mars someday. It will be dangerous. There will be numerous challenges and hazards: radiation, a poisons atmosphere, the fact
Researchers are saying that a discovery of stains from summertime flows down cliffs and crater walls increases the chances of Mars being home to some form
Did you ever dream of being an astronaut as a kid? Perhaps you had visions of yourself in a rocket ship or walking on the moon or even being the first to t
What can lava tubes on Earth teach us about finding life on Mars? This is a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to addre
Can the ancient past of Mars be unlocked from knowing the orientation of rocks? This is what a study published today in Earth and Space Science hopes to ad
Trying to determine if Mars once had more Earth-like conditions in its ancient past is what scientists have been trying to determine for the last several d
Mars is a captivating planet, so it isn't too surprising that space agencies have put as much time and effort as they have into studying the world up c
Is there life on Mars or has life ever existed in its ancient past? What conditions would be the right combination for life to exist there? These questions
It was only a few days ago that NASA made a major announcement revealing the existence of flowing water on some parts of the red planet of Mars, fourth in
In October of last year, NASA expressed its interest in sending mankind to Mars to live there permanently, giving them the habitation tools necessary to su
Did life once exist on Mars, and if so, where will we find it? This is what a recent study published in AGU Advances hopes to address as a team of several
Mars is one of our closest planetary neighbors, and yet we still have so much to learn about it. One of the questions that planetary scientists have yet
Did Mars become more habitable over time all thanks to the collisions it has endured from large space rocks like asteroids and comets? In a study docum
The first astronauts who travel to Mars on behalf of NASA in the not-too-distant future will not only need to set up inside of a survivable habitation modu
Like NASA, the European Space Agency is trying their best to study Mars. They had hoped to use the ExoMars mission, which was launched in March, to learn m
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