NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the last decade

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly ...

NASA says Maven spacecraft that was orbiting Mars has gone silent

Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6.
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Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on Mars

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical ...
The New York Times

NASA Rover Makes a Shocking Discovery: Lightning on Mars

The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the red planet’s atmosphere. By Kenneth Chang It is shocking but not surprising. Lightning crackles on Mars, scientists ...
Space.com

Evidence of ancient life on Mars could be hidden away in colossal water-carved caves

Skylights, openings in the surface of Mars that descend down into caves, have been found on Mars, along with signatures for the presence of water ice. Possible giant "karstic" caves that formed when ...
New York Post

NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

Like an interstellar rolling stone. NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. “This rock ...
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 ...
NPR

At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved

Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of ...
News 13

Elon Musk explains how he plans to use Starship to get to Mars

STARBASE, Texas — During a presentation, SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk shared how he plans to use Starship to reach the planet Mars, and how in a few short years, there is a chance humans could ...
Space.com

After 5 years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover may have found its 1st meteorite (photos)

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has found a possible meteorite on the surface ...
The Independent

Not of this world: Mystery as NASA discovers ‘sculpted’ alien rock on surface of Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has made another strange discovery. While investigating the Vernodden area of Jezero Crater – the crater where the rover first landed on the Red Planet in February 2021 ...