While Mars' southern hemisphere is fairly high-elevation, the planet's northern hemisphere sits at a relatively low altitude, with the exception of features like Olympos Mons (a 13.6-mile-high ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will all be visible to the southeast at night, and all four will be placed high-enough above the horizon to make viewing easier, especially if nearby buildings or ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s. ESA is already planning to send the much-delayed, life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover ...

As much as I love throwing myself into the depths of ravines on a desperate hunt for diamonds, or trekking to the Nether and immediately plunging into lava, sometimes I think Minecraft needs to ...

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will once again consider ...

Comment "America is going to Mars," said Elon Musk at yesterday's inauguration of US President Donald Trump. America is already there, thanks to decades of robotic exploration. Musk's vision is to ...

Elon Musk's starring role in the new Donald Trump administration was confirmed as he appeared front and centre of his inauguration proceedings - and witnessed him pledge a mission to Mars.

And when Trump, in his first speech, declared that the US would "launch American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," the camera quickly shifted to Musk, who flashed a wide ...

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and ...

Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars. Seated nearby, Elon Musk, a political benefactor of Mr. Trump who founded SpaceX in the hope that it would one day be able to send ...