67. Mars Rover Delves Into Crater
01.11.2008
The Make-Believe Mars
Earthlings go to Mars-esque locales to prepare for the real thing. 06.21.2007
Sunset over Mars
Requiem for the Mars Global Surveyor 03.14.2007
Mars Exposed
With the new Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter zeroing in on its target, NASA scientists prepare for an unprecedented look at the Red Planet's ancient seas and modern ice fields—key sites in the ongoing search for life. 10.10.2006
The Future of NASA
Michael Griffin is gearing NASA up to build a moon base. Is he paving the way to Mars or jeopardizing the future of American space exploration? 09.01.2006
Fossils of the First Life
New fossil analysis puts the beginning of life more than 3.4 billion years ago. 09.01.2006
Soviet Space Race, Round II
Nearly 40 years after Apollo, Russia eyes moon tourists--and the Red Planet. 08.01.2006
Are We Trapped On Earth?
Impossible Journey? 06.19.2006
Life on Mars
Minerals suggest microbes once flourished. 04.24.2006
Wet Mars
03.03.2006
The Year in Science: Space Exploration
NASA's latest manned rocket, Saturn's moons, comet smashing, and more. 01.08.2006
The Race to Mars
Will the European 2 Agency put astronauts on the Red Planet before NASA does? 11.22.2005
Mapping Mars
The red planet has plate tectonics. 10.25.2005
Age of Mars Questioned
07.24.2005
Life on Mars
05.01.2005
The Color of Mars
After dozens of missions and billions of dollars, NASA scientists are havin? surprisingly hard time agreeing on what the Red Planet really looks like 12.03.2004
Red Planet Retrospective
11.25.2004
Seeding the Universe
The search for life on Mars could be a bit complicated by the hitchhikers on our rovers 10.01.2004
Our Favorite Martians
08.02.2004
Sky Lights
Does the secret of extraterrestrial life lie deep within the stars and planets? 07.25.2004
Discover Data: How Much to Go to Mars?
06.27.2004
Discover Dialogue: Planetary Scientist Steve Squyres
What the team here at the Jet Propulsion Lab pulled off was magical. 06.27.2004
Mars Water: Then & Now
04.21.2004
Ole Mars River
Meandering channels provide evidence for the Red Planet's watery past 11.21.2003
Red Planet Calling: We Have Data
11.10.2003
On Mars, NASA Seems to Be Brilliant
On Mars, NASA Seems to Be Brilliant 11.08.2003
Let's Go to Mars
Electroshock for a depressed space program 10.01.2003
Sky Lights
Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular 08.01.2003
Discover Data: Many, Many Moons
08.01.2003
Tiny Tornadoes
Dust devils were one of those scientific mysteries no one on Earth bothered to study until we figured out that they may control Mars's weather 07.01.2003
Mars Express
Europe's space program takes a step forward—in science and prestige. 05.01.2003
Are We Ready for Alien Bugs?
In a dozen years, NASA plans to bring Mars soil samples to Earth. No one is quite certain what to do with them when they get here 03.01.2003
Dragonflies on Mars
11.01.2002
The (Infra) Red Planet
09.01.2002
Catching Some Rays on Mars
05.01.2002
Perpetual Locomotion on Alien Worlds
01.01.2002
Sky Lights
Colors reveal what's brewing on other planets 12.01.2001
Ghost Forests of Mars
11.01.2001
The Tornado in the Shower
10.01.2001
Did Life on Earth Come From Mars?
Chunks of planets were flying all over the place when the solar system was young—and some may have carried hitchhikers 08.01.2001
Sky Lights
Busting the myths about Mars 06.01.2001
Big Wheels to Conquer Mars
06.01.2001
How to Revive an Old, Cold Planet
02.01.2001
Sky Lights
A preview of the coming year in astronomy, ready to clip to the fridge 01.01.2001
Robot Watch: Going for the Martian Long Jump
12.01.2000
Sky Lights
Calculating the odds of surviving a manned mission to Mars 10.01.2000
Red Waterworld
09.01.2000
The Great Buried Floods of Mars
06.01.2000
The Next Mission to Mars
A complete guide to the exciting December 3 touchdown near the Red Planet's South Pole 09.01.1999
Life From Mars
More evidence for fossilized bacteria in a meteorite from Mars. 06.01.1999
Sky Lights
Who needs a telescope when the Red Planet is this close? 05.01.1999
Here Comes Mars
Who needs a telescope when the Red Planet is this close? 05.01.1999
For the Love of Mars
The members of the Mars Society are united in their frontier vision of the Red Planet, but fiercely at odds on the nature of the Martian society they'll construct. 02.01.1999
For the Love of Mars
The members of the Mars Society are united in their frontier vision of the Red Planet, but fiercely at odds on the nature of the Martian society they'll construct. 02.01.1999
Devil in the Details
07.01.1998
The Year in Science: Space 1997
Cheaper, Faster, Bouncier 01.01.1998
Conjunction Junction
08.01.1997
It's Only Rocket Science
So you don't happen to have a spare half-trillion dollars. Cheer up, there's more than one way to Mars, after all, it's only rocket science. 05.01.1997
The Ulitmate Suburb
Hints of fossilized microbes have rekindled NASA's hopes for a community on Mars. 05.01.1997
Chutes and Landers
03.01.1997
Martian Nights
03.01.1997
Questionable Life
Finding evidence of ancient life on Mars may be even more difficult than we thought. 02.01.1997
Find of the Century?
A meteorite bearing tantalizing evidence of life on Mars makes a big splash. 01.01.1997
Jack Farmer, Exopaleontologist
Sometime in the next century, he hopes to find fossil microbes on Mars. 10.01.1995
So Far, So Near
06.01.1994
Exploring the Limits
11.01.1992