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What Elon Musk isn’t telling us about Mars

Elon Musk sells Mars as humanity’s escape hatch, a bold new world where a million people build a self-sustaining city. But ...
Morning Overview on MSN

NASA’s latest Mars mission could reveal why the red planet dried out

Mars once looked far more like Earth, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water pooling on its surface, yet today it is a ...
Newsweek

Plant Identified That Could Grow on Mars

A future civilization on Mars could be accompanied by one very special and resilient little plant. A type of moss found in the desert—named Syntrichia caninervis—may be able to survive and grow in ...
Yahoo

NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries

Mars' craters come from ancient collisions during the formation of the solar system. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/Arizona State University via AP NASA plans to send humans on a scientific ...
Scientific American

Mars Sample That May Contain Evidence of Life Might Never Come Home

Right now one of the most advanced planetary explorers ever built is scouring the surface of Mars. Supported by a team of hundreds of scientists back on Earth, the Perseverance rover has traveled ...
USA Today

A discovery on Mars has clues about 'humanity's oldest questions'

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs ...
Yahoo

NASA rover discovers out-of-place 'Skull' on Mars, and scientists are baffled

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Perseverance rover found an unusual dark, pitted rock dubbed Skull Hill while exploring ...
National Geographic news

Are we alone in the universe? These Mars rocks could finally give us an answer.

The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins of life in our universe—if we can get them back to Earth. Clouds of water ...
SpaceNews

What Mars can teach us about life

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute who explains why the Red Planet may hold answers about ...
Bustle

Mars Retrograde Is About To Shake Things Up For 2 Months

Mercury retrograde tends to get a lot of attention, but an even more impactful planetary backspin comes home for the holidays: Mars retrograde. The Red Planet officially reversed course on Dec. 6, ...

Long ago, Mars had massive watersheds—now finally mapped

What can mapped drainage systems on Mars teach scientists about the red planet's watery past? This is what a recent study ...