Posted inartemis blue origin Commercial space
Blue Origin boss: Government should forget launch and focus on “exotic” missions
Artist's concept of Blue Ring, a propulsive spacecraft platform Blue Origin says it is developing…
Ars Live: Four space journalists debate whether NASA is really going to Mars
I'm incredibly excited, as part of the Ars Live series, to host a conversation with…
Elon Musk: There is an 80 percent chance Starship’s engine bay issues are solved
Ars: Ten years ago you kind of made big bets on Starship and Starlink, and…
Posted indaily telescope Mars Space
Tuesday Telescope: Finally, some answers on those Martian streaks
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world…
Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars
Whether anything ever lived on Mars is unknown. And the present environment, with harsh temperatures,…
Posted incarbon cycle Climate science Curiosity rover
Rover finds hints of an ancient Martian carbon cycle
The Curiosity mission started near the bottom of the crater, at the base of a…
Posted indebate Mars settlement
Should we settle Mars, or is it a dumb idea for humans to live off world?
Mars is back on the agenda. During his address to a joint session of Congress…
Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
The orbiters that carried the radar hardware, along with one or two others, have been…
Curiosity spies stunning clouds at twilight on Mars
In the mid- and upper-latitudes on Earth, during the early evening hours, thin and wispy…
Edge of Mars’ great dichotomy eroded back by hundreds of kilometers
A shoreline transformed? The huge area covered by these mounds gives a sense of just…