A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa ...
Recent discoveries on Mars have sparked excitement in the scientific community as NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) ...
Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.
In most photos, the surface of Mars looks like an empty red wasteland. But if you look a bit closer, the remnants of an ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
A constellation of satellites orbiting 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and ... researchers created Global Renewables Watch, which maps all onshore wind and every large-scale ...
NASA aims to send humans to Mars as early as the 2030s; flights which, there and back, could take 21 months. "The extreme environment of space, the radiation, the lack of gravity, even just ...
However, the constant travel through Mars' rocky surface and low gravity has caused some deterioration. NASA recently released images of the rover’s wheels, highlighting the impact of the challenging ...
To verify their findings, the scientists conducted tests on the diabase rocks, from Rydaholm in Sweden, which bear resemblance to the Martian rocks.
"I think that there will undoubtedly be a discussion with Musk (about Mars flights) in the near future," Dmitriev said at a business forum in Moscow. He went on to praise Musk's efforts to push ...
Elon Musk reinforced his intention on Friday for SpaceX to launch an uncrewed Starship to Mars by the end of 2026. The ambitious goal is one Musk, the founder and CEO of the commercial spaceflight ...
This layer lies 11.5 to 20 kilometers below the surface and ... scientists can map the planet’s interior. A diagram showing how different seismic waves travel across Mars. Credit: GeoSociety.