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Earth received its first ever 'alien message' from Mars in 'profoundly transformational experience for all humankind'
Mars walked so aliens could run
This nighttime photo from Mars is a chilling reminder of how alone the Red Planet really is
Most Mars photos show the planet in daylight. But this one wasn’t taken in the light of the Sun. It was captured in the middle of a Martian night, with only a small patch of ground visible. While, rather unnervingly, everything else disappears into black. DISCOVER SBX CARS – The global premium auction platform powered by […]
NASA's Lunar Gateway gets a massive boost as its revolutionary electric engines pass testing
Even space stations are turning electric
NASA's Mars orbiters and rover pulled off a cosmic surprise by imaging an interstellar comet not meant for their sensors
The comet flew past 19 million miles away
NASA spacecraft spots dead robot lying on Mars' surface and sends back a picture of it
It’s still providing NASA with important info years later
NASA will use laser beams to chat with future astronauts on Mars
The technology is already being tested
NASA puts Air Force Major and three astronauts into year-long isolation to study survival on Mars
As we edge ever closer to facing survival on Mars, NASA has launched a year-long isolation study where an Air Force Major will lead three astronauts in acclimatizing to the conditions on the red planet. It’s well known that going into space has very specific effects on your body, as time passes at a completely […]
NASA's Perseverance rover discovers the most 'compelling' evidence yet of life on Mars
The Perseverance rover has been looking for life on Mars since 2020
NASA's Opportunity Rover sent a sad final message before it was destroyed on Mars
It sent down a final message
NASA rover captures Mars panorama that's confused everyone by looking remarkably similar to Earth
The Red Planet has never looked so similar to Earth before
Scientists left confused after mysterious ‘alien helmet’ spotted on the surface of Mars
This got a lot of people talking
ExoMars team shares test footage of biggest and most complex parachute designed to land rover on Mars from 13,000mph
The team plans to land a rover on Mars by 2030
NASA spots heart-shaped patterns on Mars and some are shockingly perfect
Some of these hearts are geometrically perfect
24-year-old US woman has spent her whole life preparing to be the first person on Mars
As David Bowie said: Is there life on Mars?
What the 'otherworldly wreckage' captured on Mars' surface by NASA's Ingenuity helicopter actually was
The helicopter captured a strange sight on the surface of the Red Planet