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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 ...
Mars once looked far more like Earth, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water pooling on its surface, yet today it is a ...
NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars. It’s not that hard for scientists ...
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, ...
What can mapped drainage systems on Mars teach scientists about the red planet's watery past? This is what a recent study ...