The Latest Breaking News from Mars

From school to hellraising in short order – all enabled by a story of a whirlwind intergalactic romance

Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean.

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life.

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if Mars weren't there?"

We’re racing to build new worlds, but we should take care of the one we have, says Ben Lamm

The reactor would be a major tool for future moon and Mars missions

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold.

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch missions aimed at finding habitable worlds, water on the Moon and clues to how our solar system formed.