The Latest Breaking News from Mars

NASA’s search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover’s investigation of a distinctive rock outcrop called Bright Angel on the edge of Mars’ Jezero Crater. This outcrop is notable for…

NASA is working on finding landing sites for future moon astronauts. Part of the work includes thinking about how to prepare for eventual Mars missions with astronauts.

Humanity can establish a self-sustaining settlement on Mars in the next 30 years, provided our heavy-lift launch technology advances as planned, SpaceX chief Elon Musk said.

"The fact that we captured the aurora again demonstrates that our method for predicting aurorae on Mars and capturing them works."

Viking consisted of two twin orbiters and landers, with experimental chambers in the landers to conduct three biology experiments.

Centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket can travel faster with less fuel

NASA reveals its strongest evidence yet of ancient life on Mars after years of experiment with Perseverance rover's Cheyava Falls rock sample.

The red planet becomes a go-to destination in Mars Attracts.

As a huge new public collection opens this weekend, famous fans pick out their touchstones – from the game-changing wardrobe that gave birth to glam to the synthesiser that drove his Berlin years

On Episode 177 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Michael Tice to talk about a possible detection of ancient life on Mars.

Laura Marie is one of six research volunteers preparing to spend 378 days inside Nasa’s Mars Dune Alpha in Houston