SpaceX, the private aerospace company founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk, is dramatically reorienting its long-held interplanetary ambitions. It is shifting its near-term focus from building a human settlement on Mars to establishing what Musk calls a โself-growing cityโ on the…
Blue Origin Just Pulled Off a Wild Space Double: Mars Mission + Rocket Landing at Sea
Blue Origin with its New Glenn rocket just scored another big win โ and this one could shake up the new space race. On only its second-ever flight, New Glenn launched NASAโs ESCAPADE mission toward Mars and then nailed a…
Is There Life on Mars? A New Discovery Could Hold the Answer
For decades, scientists have scoured the surface of Mars for clues to one of humanityโs greatest questions: Are we alone in the universe? Now, NASAโs Curiosity rover has made a tantalizing discoveryโone that brings us a step closer to answering…
Mars May Have Been Habitable More Recently Than We Thought
Mars, the enigmatic Red Planet, might have retained its magnetic field for 200 million years longer than scientists once believedโcrucially overlapping with the era when liquid water flowed across its surface. This groundbreaking revelation comes from a new study by…
Are We Killing Life on Mars by Trying to Find It?
For years, the mantra in the search for life on Mars has been simple: โFollow the water.โ Scientists have believed that if weโre going to find any signs of Martian life, it starts with tracking down water. But what if…
Martian Meteorite Hidden in a Drawer Reveals Mars’ Watery Past
Sometimes, groundbreaking discoveries come from the most unexpected placesโlike a university desk drawer. Thatโs exactly what happened with the Lafayette Meteorite, a small piece of Martian rock that has helped researchers piece together a chapter of Mars’ geological history. A…
