The Latest Breaking News from Mars

Twenty-five years ago this week, on July 20, 1999, Space.com went live for the very first time and what a trip its been in space.

Discoveries of deep caves and lava tubes on the moon and Mars offer potential shelters for astronauts and new avenues for space exploration.

Be sure to join us at Space.com at 12 p.m. ET (1600 GMT) on July 17 for what promises to be an amazing discussion on the future of space exploration and astronomy.

The European Space Agency is planning to use the Ariane 6 for a variety of missions. Here's what you need to know.

Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars.

The prominent pro-natalist shared his donation plan as part of a mission to put a city on the planet before 2044

Musk denies rumours of donating sperm for Mars and focuses on building a Martian society.

The SpaceX founder wants to start his own species on Mars

In 1964, a bunch of mop-topped young men appeared on the BBC’s early evening Tonight programme, being interviewed by a mildly bemused, but not unfriendly, Cliff Michelmore to promote the “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men”. Their spokesman, making his first television appearance, was 17-year-old David Jones.