The Latest Breaking News from Mars

Musk’s space company had avoided much of the scrutiny, criticism, and regulatory burden that comes with going public.

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried Martian ice.

Most asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt. But some space rocks stray out of the main belt and threaten Earth.

Did NASA hide real images of 3I/Atlas after its Mars flyby? A viral theory claims alien links as a spacecraft falls silent, but science tells a different story.

35 years ago today, Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons - Episode 1: Marooned on Mars was released by a dev team including John Carmack and John Romero.

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Elon Musk reveals his shock UFO theory: they aren't aliens but secret government weapons. Plus, the grim biological truth about colonising Mars and how it could mutate humanity.