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Destination: Mars. First Stop: Iceland?Upton, NY (SPX) Nov 21, 2025 To say that a trip from Earth to Mars is merely a long one would be a massive understatement. On July 30, 2020, when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent its Mars rover "Per ... more  
NASA's Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLASPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2025 Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object - from the closest location any of the agency's spacecraft may get - that could reveal new details. At the start of October, ... more  
Blue Origin's New Glenn Nails First Ocean Booster LandingMaxwell AFB AL (SPX) Nov 18, 2025 Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully made its way to orbit for the second time on Nov. 13, 2025. Although the second launch is never as flashy as the first, this mission is still significant ... more 
Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landingCape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard, and in a breakthrough nailed the landing of its booster. ... more |
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NASA twin spacecraft depart Earth orbit to begin Mars missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 NASA's ESCAPADE mission has initiated its journey as two identical spacecraft, designed to study Mars' magnetosphere, separated and deployed from Blue Origin's New Glenn upper stage. Both probes wil ... more 
What a Martian ice age left behindParis, France (ESA) Nov 13, 2025 Travelling up from Mars's equator towards its north pole, we find Coloe Fossae: a set of intriguing scratches within a region marked by deep valleys, speckled craters, and signs of an ancient ice ag ... more 
Ancient Martian groundwater may have prolonged habitability beyond previous estimatesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 Researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi have discovered evidence that water once permeated beneath the surface of Mars, indicating the red planet may have remained suited for life longer than s ... more 
Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian SlopesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 11, 2025 A meteoroid impact near Apollinaris Mons on Mars produced streaks and more than a hundred fresh markings across the slopes, as recorded by ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter on December 24, 2023. The C ... more |
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China's Mars orbiter captures detailed images of interstellar object 3I ATLASTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 The Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter operated by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) completed a close-range observation of the interstellar object designated 3I/ATLAS using its high-resolution cam ... more |
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NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars - twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold - will launch in early NovemberBerkeley, CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaver ... more  
Protein Production Tested in Microgravity for Sustainable Space MissionsParis, France (SPX) Nov 04, 2025 European Space Agency (ESA) has initiated the study phase of the HOBI-WAN project, aimed at addressing astronaut food supply on extended Moon or Mars missions without Earth resupply. Funded by ... more 
Yeast demonstrates survival skills under Mars conditionsSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Science and the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad have shown that baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) can endu ... more  
GMV technology links global habitats in record-breaking space analog missionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 22, 2025 The World's Biggest Analog Mission (WBA) - the most extensive Moon and Mars simulation campaign ever conducted - has officially launched. Coordinated by the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF), the project ... more |
Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the iceUniversity Park PA (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the Red Planet. By recreating Mars-like conditions in the lab, a team of researcher ... more  |
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Blocks of dry ice carve gullies on Martian dunes through explosive sublimationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 Mysterious gullies carved into Martian sand dunes have long puzzled planetary scientists. Now, new experiments by Utrecht University Earth scientist Dr Lonneke Roelofs suggest they were dug not by f ... more 
Yeast withstands Mars-like shocks and toxic salts in survival testSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 Life on Mars, if it ever existed, would need to survive an environment defined by violence and toxicity - from meteorite impacts to soil laced with corrosive perchlorate salts. Now, scientists at th ... more 
Key ExoMars Rover part ships from AberystwythAberystwyth, Wales (SPX) Oct 13, 2025 The search for life on Mars takes a leap forward today, as a key instrument for a major space mission begins its journey from Aberystwyth University to Italy for testing. The infrared spectrom ... more 
Martian craters record repeated ice ages as planetary ice stores dwindleTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Scientists have long debated how much water Mars once held and how it faded to today's arid world. A new study in Geology mines "ice archives" preserved inside impact craters to reconstruct a climat ... more |
Two decades of Mars images reveal fast moving dust devils and stronger windsParis, France (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Combing 20 years of Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter imagery, ESA-led researchers cataloged 1,039 dust devils to show how surface winds loft and transport dust across Mars. Published in Sc ... more 
Mars dust devils point to planet wide gale force windsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Despite Mars's tenuous air, winds there play a dominant role in climate and dust transport. An international team led by the University of Bern reports that dust devils and the winds enveloping them ... more 
Computer models point to crew diversity as key to resilient Mars missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Simulation results from Stevens Institute of Technology researchers Iser Pena and Hao Chen indicate that who you send to Mars matters as much as what you send. Published October 8, 2025 in PLOS One, ... more  
Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near MarsWashington DC (UPI) Oct 7, 2025 NASA and the European Space Agency are tracking the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object as it travels past Mars on its way toward the Sun and through the solar system. ... more |
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Rocket test proves bacteria survive space launch and re-entry unharmedMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. Space agencies are planning to send crews to Mars within decades but sustaini ... more 
Curtin powers global push to find life on Mars and advance autonomyPerth, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Curtin University is helping unlock the secrets of life on Mars and advance next-generation robotics and autonomous systems, with two new international agreements signed this week at the Internation ... more 
Martian skies reveal intricate atmospheric layers in new orbiter imagesParis, France (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has captured the most detailed view yet of Mars's atmosphere, showing a fine layering of dust and ice particles that resembles a cosmic mille-feuille. The images reve ... more 
Researchers ID new mineral on Mars, providing insight on potential early lifeAmherst MA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are part of a team that has identified a unique mineral on Mars, described in Nature Communications. Named ferric hydroxysulfate, the mineral ... more |
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Technique Could Reveal Hidden Habitats on Moon and MarsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 With repeated strikes of a 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) sledgehammer, a team of NASA-supported researchers has demonstrated a low-tech but powerful method to locate caves that may one day provide shelter ... more |
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Wind driven rovers show promise for low cost Mars missionsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 26, 2025 Recent tests suggest that swarms of spherical tumbleweed rovers could offer an affordable and efficient way to explore Mars. Experiments conducted in a wind tunnel and on natural terrain show that t ... more
NASA's ESCAPADE craft returns to Florida for fall mission to MarsWashington DC (UPI) Sep 23, 2025 NASA officials say its Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft is back in Florida and is being prepped for its scheduled launch this fall. ... more
Mars polar vortex traps cold and builds seasonal ozone layerBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 A rare look inside the wintry north polar vortex of Mars has revealed that conditions are far colder than outside its boundary, and that the months of complete darkness allow ozone to accumulate in ... more 
Predicting Martian aurora to safeguard future explorersBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 19, 2025 Planetary scientists report progress in predicting when the Martian night sky will glow with green aurora, building on new visible-light images captured by NASA's Perseverance rover. The rover ... more |
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