Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?

NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...

NASA has stated that Mars’ unusual proximity this month improves its visibility from Earth, providing a rare treat for ...

Can humans even live on Mars? In a perfect universe, we would change Mars to be more like Earth. However, the technology necessary to terraform another planet is even more science-fiction than ...

The Mars Sample Return effort ... a decision sometime next year. “What we wanted to do was to give them the best possible options so that they can go from here,” Mr. Nelson said.

return pieces of Mars to Earth so scientists can study the Red Planet up close. To that end, NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has already collected and cached a bevy of samples since it arrived ...

and the platform’s solar panels will be replaced with a system that can supply power and heat even during dust storms on Mars ...

Tickets for the live show can be purchased online. It happens about every two years because Mars takes that long to complete one orbit around the sun. "Since Earth orbits the sun in one year ...

Lunar occultations can happen several ... depending on where you live. According to a chart published by the International Occultation Timing Association, Mars will disappear behind the moon ...

Where can I see it from ... If the skies are clear, said the Observatory, Mars should still be visible during its Stargazing and Digital Planetarium live show on the evening of Jan 17, which ...