NASA has been exploring the unknown terrains of the red planet with robotic rovers for almost two decades. The first to land was the Pathfinder rover in 19
Lockheed Martin, a global company worth billions of dollars that has a wide range of technical interests and capabilities, has announced that it plans to
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but according to Anthony Pancotti, who
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it in orbit abound the Moon called the
One of the major reasons why Mars is such a popular object to study in our Solar System is because scientists believe that it may have looked much differen
Single-celled microbes that live beneath the floor of the ocean have provided insight into how scientists might be able to find life on Mars. Scientists ex
A recent study published in Nature attempts to examine a remarkable discovery regarding the existence of a molten silicate layer resting on top of the meta
The search for life on other planets is an age old quest. Astronomers, scientists, astronauts and regular backyard stargazers are always looking skyward fo
When we think of large mountains or volcanoes, we often think of Mount Everest, which holds the distinction as being the tallest mountain above sea lev
New research published in the journal Science Advances attempts to model the risk of cancer that astronauts will incur from exposure to galactic cosmic rad
Mars was once a planet with oceans of water. So what happened to all of it? Researchers used a tool called MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) t
It turns out that the interior of Mars exhibits seismic waves just like the Earth, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Ac
How do seismic waves travel within the interior of Mars? This is what two recent studies published in Geophysical Research Letters hopes to address as a te
Just last month, the European Space Agency attempted to land the Schiaparelli lander on the Martian surface from the Trace Gas Orbiter, which is already or
The European and Russian space agencies launched the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter back in 2016, and after a long journey and a slew of minor adjustments to ge
Mars has quickly become a place of interest in our solar system. Humankind has already sent a bevy of landers, orbiters, and rovers exploring the planet's
In case you missed it, NASA launched the InSight mission to Mars from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5th. It was the first interplanetary m
In pushing the boundaries of space exploration and potentially colonization, we've heard extensively about Mars. But have you ever wondered why Venus, the
A protein abundantly present in the blood plasma of astronauts is perfect for building shelters in outer space, say researchers at the University of Ma