Lower launch costs have made a Mars mission feasible—but political infighting now threatens SpaceX's critical role. In a YouGov/CBS survey conducted in June 2025, as many as 65% of Americans expressed ...

Mars often feels finished. Mapped, scanned, labelled in broad strokes. Yet every so often, something unsettles that sense of familiarity. A shadow where none was expected. A shape that does not fit ...

This intriguing aerial shot of a frosty dune-field on Mars — recently posted on the University of Arizona’s HiRISE site — just begs the question: Could man (or woman) ever ski Mars? There are some ...