When NASA sent two rovers to Mars they were not quite sure what all they would find. What they ended up finding far exceeded expectations and has proven that the possible foundations for life... More...

Microsoft today announced a new partnership with NASA to bring images & data of the moon and Mars to Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope (WWT) for Internet viewing. Through a Space Act agreement, Microsoft and NASA will... More...

NASA has finally given up on trying to resurrect the Phoenix Mars Lander. As of early last week NASA stopped sending signals to the rover who is fighting the intense winter temperatures on Mars.... More...

As a tribute to Percival Lowell, Google geeks have launched Google Mars and placed a space-based logo on their homepage. Alert readers will remember Google Moon, which maps the Apollo landing... More...

The scientist behind the lost 2003 Beagle 2 mission to Mars said on Tuesday the craft may have been spotted in NASA pictures which indicate the project very nearly worked. Beagle 2, named after the... More...

Neowin.net's official podcast, PowerUser.tv has posted Episode 6. This week Kristin talks with Tom Chick of Quarter To Three, Derek Batting of Neowin and Brad Wardell of Wincustomize about the possibility of mining on Mars,... More...

Images relayed by a European space probe reveal the existence of a sea of ice close to the equator of Mars, scientists said Tuesday at a conference in the Netherlands. The evidence... More...

The hills of Mars yield more tantalizing clues about how water shaped the Red Planet. Tests by NASA's robotic geologist, Spirit, found out this information, while its twin, Opportunity, observed the deep crater it climbed... More...

Just days after an internal memo from Intel Corp. CEO Craig Barrett was published calling the company's recent manufacturing problems "not acceptable," a bug has emerged with the chipset developed for Intel's latest Xeon servers,... More...

Excited Mars mission scientists on Thursday released spectacular pictures of cliff-like rocks they hope will provide further clues about the extent of water on the red planet. Scientists at the Mars mission headquarters in Pasadena... More...

One of the big problems with space travel is that one cannot over pack. Suppose astronauts reach Mars. How do they explore the planet if they cannot weigh down the vessel with fuel... More...

The two Mars rovers have been refreshed with new software allowing them to travel longer distances and extend their missions until September, NASA said. The new software will allow the rovers to travel through difficult... More...

Here we go again.... LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- As NASA scientists pored over striking new photos from Mars revealing finely layered formations of ancient bedrock, engineers labored on Tuesday to diagnose problems... More...

NASA's Spirit rover did not go to sleep today even after ground controllers sent commands twice for it to do so. Shortly before noon, controllers were surprised to receive a relay of data... More...

Mars Rover, Mars Rover, send data right over! PASADENA, California (CNN) -- After two days having trouble with transmissions, the Mars rover Spirit sent data Friday morning to its NASA flight team in... More...

Uh oh! "NASA scientists say they have lost contact with the robot rover Spirit on Mars and are unsure what caused the problem. Spirit project manager Pete Theisinger told a news briefing that... More...

NASA is using Nvidia's graphics technology to recreate the surface of Mars and to plan rover missions. Nvidia has today revealed that its graphics technology is being employed by NASA to recreate... More...

Single workstation controls destiny of space probe The control centre is ready and a big Christmas celebration is expected when, or if, the UK's most ambitious scientific project, the Beagle 2 Mars... More...

Space scientists have chosen two sites on Mars where twin robot vehicles will look for evidence that a warmer, wetter red planet might once have harbored life. Two spacecraft carrying the rovers will be launched... More...

Just think of all the new songs REM might be able to write :P "The United States hopes to send an astronaut to Mars in a nuclear-powered rocket, according to a senior Nasa... More...

By Lori Stiles - University of Arizona News Mars Odyssey today is a step closer toward its mission to map the Red Planet. Odyssey is carrying the Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS), built... More...