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78,000 People Apply for One-Way Trip to Mars
The mission aims to send a crew to the Red Planet in 2022.
Mars Rover Curiosity Stands Down After New Problem
After recovering from a computer problem, the Mars rover Curiosity is sidelined again, further delaying the restart of science experiments.
Mars Rover Shows Planet Could Have Supported Life
The Curiosity rover has answered a key question about Mars: The red planet in the past had some of the right ingredients needed to support primitive life.
Why Veronica Mars‘ Kickstarter May Be A Sign of Bad Things To Come
Are crowdfunding campaigns that bring back cancelled TV shows really a good thing?
Reading While Eating for March 14: The Pope, The “God Particle,” and Veronica Mars
From the birth of Michael Caine to the death of Google Reader, here are the must-read links for your lunch break.
Why the World Needs a Kickstarter Veronica Mars Movie
If Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell can finance this project, it could expand the creative possibilities of movies and TV alike.
The Great (and Recent) Martian Flood
The Red Planet may be home to a vast ocean of water—and it's straining to break free
Curiosity Sleeps as Solar Blast Races Toward Mars
Curiosity hunkered down after the sun unleashed a blast that raced toward Mars.
Wanted: Mars Colonists Who’d Do Really Well on Reality TV Shows
You say you want to go into space and become a global reality TV star while you do it? Well then Mars One is the company for you.
An All-Wet Meteorite Arrives From Mars
An artifact from space provides more evidence of the Red Plane's watery past
Bruno Mars Is in ‘Heaven’ on Billboard Chart
The singer knocks Rihanna out of the top slot, upping his total to four Hot 100 leaders
Dirt Found on Mars! Why the Red Planet Makes Us Crazy
The newest findings from Mars are solid, scientific and important – but they're not enough to satisfy us
A Mars Announcement ‘For the History Books’?
Big news from mars may turn out to be more modest than it sounds
Mars Curiosity Rover Detects Bright Object on the Red Planet
The Mars Curiosity Rover has detected a glittery object in the Martian sand. But what is it?
Cosmic Old Faithful: Are There Geysers on Mars?
The rule for space aesthetics has always been clear: First comes the science, then comes the art. You can’t take the most distant cosmic photographs ever...
Martian Find: Evidence of an Ancient, Rushing Stream
Mars can break your heart, and it did the job exquisitely today. For all the splendor of the first pictures from the surface of the moon, it was clear that the...
Martian Blizzard! It’s Snowing on the Red Planet
Bit by bit, feature by feature, Mars is slowly revealing itself to us. A century ago, it was thought of as a planet crisscrossed by a network of canals — surely...
Mars Company Distances Itself from the Deep Fried Mars Bar
If you’ve gotten a hankering for a deep-fried Mars bar, be prepared for this disclaimer. The Mars chocolate manufacturing company would like you to know that it...
WATCH: High-Definition Footage of Curiosity Rover Landing on Mars
NASA has upped its game, releasing new high-definition footage that allows us to plummet to the craggy surface of Mars just as Curiosity saw it. Except we can do...
Photos from the Mars Curiosity Rover
One month after being dropped onto the surface of the red planet, the Mars Curiosity Rover begins its journey toward Mount Sharp while documenting the Martian...
