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All the latest news and features on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, which is known as the Red Planet – with updates on discoveries and when Mars is visible in the sky.

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NASA's Perseverance rover picture of the so-called thermal blanket on teh Mars Surface. See SWNS story SWBRmars. Is there life on Mars? That?s unknown, but there is garbage. NASA's Perseverance rover sparked interest this week when it spotted an apparently manufactured silver object on the Red Planet. However, the U.S. space agency has quickly dampened conspiracy theorist?s excitement by claiming it is debris from the rover?s landing equipment. Although they have conceded it is a mystery how the 'thermal blanket' appeared 2km away from where the descent happened. Speaking in the first-person, the ?rover? announced Wednesday (15 June): ?My team has spotted something unexpected: It?s a piece of a thermal blanket that they think may have come from my descent stage, the rocket-powered jet pack that set me down on landing day back in 2021.

Nasa finds 'shiny silver litter' on Mars - but it's not what you expect

World June 16, 2022 By Harrison Jones

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SpaceX's Mars rocket receives approval pending dozens of conditions

Tech June 14, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Workers rescued after falling into tank of melted chocolate at M&Ms factory

M&M factory workers fell into waist-high vat of chocolate and had to be cut free

World July 4, 2023 By Sam Courtney-Guy

Mars Ingenuity

Nasa's Mars helicopter sends back video from its furthest flight

Tech May 31, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Mars launches 'Triple Treat' range of low-calorie classic chocolate bar variations

Food May 19, 2022 By Aidan Milan

Mars door

'Secret doorway built by aliens' spotted in image of Mars

Tech May 13, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Mars planet satellite station orbit base martian colony space landscape. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.; Shutterstock ID 724077286; Purchase Order: -

Space bricks made using astronaut urine could lead to Martian colony

Tech May 3, 2022 By Metro Science Reporter

This image of Perseverance's backshell and parachute was collected from an altitude of 26 feet (8 meters) by the NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 26th flight on Mars on April 19, 2022.

Nasa's Mars Helicopter snaps pictures of space debris on the Red Planet

Tech April 29, 2022 By Jeff Parsons

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nasa/UPI/REX/Shutterstock (12902828a) NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, eclipsing the Sun on April 2, the 397th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The eclipse lasted a little over 40 seconds - much shorter than a typical solar eclipse involving Earth's Moon. (Phobos is about 157 times smaller than Earth's Moon. Mars' other moon, Deimos, is even smaller.) It's the most zoomed-in, highest-frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. NASA/UPI NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Captures Solar Eclipse on Mars, Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 20 Apr 2022

Solar eclipse on Mars captured by Nasa's Perseverance rover

Tech April 22, 2022 By Jeff Parsons

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Martian crater showing 'alien footprints' is actually important geographical landmark

Tech April 19, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Valles Marineris, Mars, illustration

Elon Musk says humans will be on Mars by 2029

Tech March 17, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

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Mars mission suspended as European Space Agency say cooperation with Russia is impossible

Tech March 17, 2022 By Nina Massey

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Europe's joint Mars mission with Russia is now 'very unlikely'

Tech March 1, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

The unusual rock spotted on the Martian surface (Credits: Nasa/Twitter/@PaulHammond51)

Bizarre rock spotted on Mars is being compared to a sex toy

Tech February 18, 2022 By Jeff Parsons

Vast toxic lake in Costa Rica could 'hold clues to life on Mars'

Tech January 31, 2022 By Mark Waghorn

EMBARGOED TO 1400 MONDAY JANUARY 24 Undated handout photo of a view of Mars' south pole. Liquid water previously spotted beneath The planet's ice-covered south pole may just be an illusion, a new study suggests. In 2018 scientists thought they were looking at water when they saw bright reflections under the polar cap. However, according to new research, the reflections match those of volcanic plains found all across the red planet. Issue date: Monday January 24, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story SCIENCE Mars. Photo credit should read: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Liquid water spotted at Mars' south pole may just be an illusion, study claims

Tech January 24, 2022 By Nina Massey

Mars rover curiosity

Nasa detects signs of past life on Mars

Tech January 18, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Elon Musk shares glimpse of SpaceX rocket launch and catch tower

Tech January 11, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

China mars mission tianwen

China’s Mars orbiter sends back pictures from the red planet

Tech January 3, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Mars says new 'carbon neutral' chocolate bar will 'protect the earth'

UK November 4, 2021 By Harrison Jones