Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth – Perseverance Rover lands on Feb. 18, a lead scientist explains the tech and goals

Scientists are looking for evidence of past life, either direct chemical or organic signs in the composition and the chemistry of rocks, or …

Human trials on Earth are the key to how we will survive on Mars

What's the best way to find out how people will cope with the journey to Mars and life on another planet? Lock a test crew up for a year in a …

Artemis: How ever changing US space policy may push back the next Moon landing

A delay of any more than a year would move Artemis 3 beyond the end of President Biden’s first term in office

Mars: mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?

Although the new findings make Mars even more interesting than before, they haven’t advanced its ranking in the list of solar system bodies …

Earth’s resources not infinite, so space exploration natural

Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …

Humans will leave Earth not to explore, but to exploit

Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …

ExoMars mission delayed, rover will now take off in 2022

European Space Agency cited software problems with the spacecraft as a reason for the delay

NASA tests autonomous drill to explore signs of life on Mars

The drill can operate without real-time human input. If it gets stuck, it can also dislodge itself

How the ExoMars mission could sniff out life on Mars – and what to do next

If we do find life on Mars, it will be difficult to prove that we didn't bring it there from Earth. An insider talks us through what's at stake

New AI tool may help discover extraterrestrial life, solve long-standing debates on Earth

It can tell difference between molecules that originate from life and those that come from non-living sources with 90% accuracy

Life beyond Earth? NASA’s Perseverance rover finds diverse organic matter on Mars

A high possibility for past habitability exists at the rover’s landing site in Jezero Crater

Is the Opportunity lost forever?

Over a decade after NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars, it is feared ‘dead’ after a historic dust storm swept the planet

In search of ancient life: NASA Perseverance lands on Mars

The rover will now begin its two-year-long investigation to assess the geology and past climate of the Red planet

Meet Mars: NASA rover is on the Red Planet

The Perseverance Rover landed on the Jezero Crater February 18, 2021 to look for ancient microscopic life. Dozens of high-resolution images were …

Scientists uncover sheets of ice buried at Mars’ north pole

Composition of these layers could further shed light on the history of Mars and if it ever had favourable conditions to support life

UAE’s Hope orbiter is on way to the Red Planet

The aim of the mission is to understand weather on Mars through all seasons and study how atmospheric oxygen and hydrogen escape into space

Did life exist on Mars? NASA's 2020 mission to seek answers

US space agency aims to launch new rover to explore whether the Red Planet has an environment that suggests capability of supporting life, or …

Smooth launch for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

The rover was launched successfully July 30, 2020. Its mission is to search for signs of past microbial life and collect rock and dust samples …

Lake found on Mars by scientists

The underground lake is about 20 kms wide and is on Mars’ southern ice cap

Martian surprise: NASA’s Perseverance finds igneous rocks altered by water

Study adds to the evidence that Mars transformed from wet to a dry planet

Mars may have been less oxygen-rich than previously assumed

But there’s still a possibility of life on the Red Planet, finds study

Of canals and intelligent creatures

Mankind’s early tryst with Mars