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Mars June 15, 2022

NASA's Perseverance rover spots piece of its own landing gear on Mars

The Perseverance rover that NASA landed on Mars over a year ago spotted part of its own landing gear on the surface this week as it explores the Jezero Crater.

NASA June 10, 2022

Rover traversing Mars has 'pet rock': NASA

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has a "pet rock" on its front left wheel. The rock has been traveling with "Percy" over the course of the past fourth months.

OPINION June 4, 2022

Mars colony would be new beginning as humans enter the final frontier

Mars could soon be home to human colonists, but like Massachusetts Bay colonists, they will be faced with essential questions of how they want to be governed.

NASA May 18, 2022

NASA's InSight Mars lander's power diminishing, has months left

NASA announced Tuesday that the InSight Mars lander is expected to become inoperative by December due to dust on its solar panels.

NASA May 11, 2022

Mars InSight lander records massive quake

NASA’s InSight Mars lander has detected the largest quake ever observed on another planet. The estimated magnitude 5 tremor occurred on May 4, 2022.

Europe March 17, 2022

European Space Agency suspends cooperation with Russia on mission to Mars over Putin's Ukraine invasion

A mission to investigate potential life on Mars by the European Space Agency and Roscosmos has been put on pause after Russian forces invaded Ukraine last month.

Mars February 18, 2022

Perseverance Mars rover marks a year on red planet

Friday marks the first anniversary of NASA's Perseverance rover's Mars landing. 

Mars January 15, 2022

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover runs into another snag: pebbles

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has run into another snag on its mission to find evidence of ancient microbial life. 

SCIENCE January 14, 2022

Study nixes Mars life in meteorite found in Antarctica

A 4 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life after all, scientists reported Thursday.

Year in Review January 1, 2022

2021 in review: Top space stories of the year

2021 was a big year for space news. 

SCIENCE December 18, 2021

Water detected below Martian surface, researchers say

"Significant amounts of water" have been found beneath the surface of Mars.