Scientists gets further evidence that Mars once had oceans

Mars, our neighbor, once the dreams of science fiction writers and astronomers, one of which only wrote about the live that could have lived on Mars, and still might; while the other seeks to prove that there might ... continue

Mars too dry to support life, researchers say

Could some form of microbial life possibly exist on Mars? According to the findings of an international team of researchers, it is highly unlikely that life in any form currently exists on Mars, as conditions on the ... continue

Phobos-Grunt, Toxic Russian Mars Probe To Crash to Earth in January

Russia's doomed Mars Probe, Phobos-Grunt is going to come crashing back into the Earth's atmosphere in late January, and it is entirely possible that dozens of pieces may survive the reentry according to scientists. Russian scientists are supposedly ... continue

Turns out that a large part of Mars could support life

One of man's dreams has always to be able to go out into space and find a new home for us to screw-up live on and one of the places has always been Mars, even though it ... continue

NASA Prepares To Launch Largest Mars Rover Ever Created

NASA officials on Saturday will launch what they are calling “a Mars scientist's dream machine," a new Mars Rover that is the largest-ever created. According to the rover's lead developer: It’s not just big—it’s “the largest and most complex ... continue

520-Day Mission to Mars Simulation Complete [Video]

After 520 days, 6 international researches have completed their mission to Mars. The all-male crew emerged from their windowless module this morning after completing a simulation flight to the red planet. The men were pale, but otherwise ... continue

Mars Orbiter discovers that Mars has caves

It is probably inevitable that man will at some point travel to Mars, and chances are it will be a company behind the expedition rather than NASA but at least now we know that they'll be able ... continue

NASA finds evidence of flowing water on Mars

NASA have been searching for water on Earth's sister planet Mars for over a decade, and it appears they may have finally found what they're looking for - and not in the way they expected, either. Scientists previously ... continue

NASA’s awesome animation of the next Mars Rover in action

NASA's previous Mars Rover exceeded all expectations, living and discovering long past the time that they were expected to. The Opportunity rover landed on Mars in 2004 and kept exploring until 2011 until it finally quit sending ... continue

NASA gets all cool with a music video of Martian sand dunes

Who knew that the folks at NASA were so cool. I mean you gotta admit the idea of taking some of the really high resolution images of Mars' surface, taken by NASA's HiRISE orbiter, combine them with ... continue

Reminder: It’s Free Chocolate Day. Want Yours?

Don't forget: Today is free chocolate day! Mars Candy is handing out free full-sized candy bars as part of its Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act. Only the first 250,000 people who sign up will get the free ... continue

Your personal deep sea webcam

It is often said that we know less about our oceans that we do about the Moon but considering all the technology at our disposal this could very change in the years to come. To this ... continue

Snow on Mars? More likely than you think

NASA scientists have reported that snow is falling in the atmosphere above Mars. Snow was first spotted on the red planet last year, although the current observation is far more extensive,. The Marsian snow does not reach the surface ... continue

Space has a spokesman: Scott Maxwell

Video clips at Ustream Scott Maxwell of JPL and the driver of the Mars Rovers presented at Gnomedex this afternoon, and managed what I'm told is only the second standing ovation in the history of Gnomedex. I haven't ... continue