MARS

Emphasize the positive, and forget the negative: Here are five people who deserve credit for doing things right this year.

A new study suggests rocks on the moon or Mars could be used as the base material for 3D printers by a process called “laser engineered net shaping.”

No history-making revelations yet from the little rover on Mars, but the two-year mission is just getting started.

NASA Tuesday announced plans to send a new $1.5 billion “robotic science rover” to Mars in 2020.

When NASA breathlessly announced that their Mars Rover Curiosity made a huge discovery, many had wild speculations as to what it could be. NASA has analyzed the soil samples and it is rather disappointing.

Scientists have collected hard evidence that the tiny world closest to our Sun has at least one polar ice cap.

Something big is happening with NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, but the space agency isn't ready to announce it yet.

Ever since NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars in August 2012, the big question that begs answer is: Can humans survive on Mars? Well, it appears feasible.

Methane, a compound strongly tied to biological processes, could signal present-day extraterrestrial life if found on Mars, but thus far the latest Mars rover has found little trace of it.

On Tuesday, NASA announced its new spaceship, Orion, is on track for a scheduled 2014 test launch. The first new NASA spaceship since the 1970's, Orion is a critical step towards deep space travel and ferrying astronauts to Mars.

NASA revealed that Curiosity rover detected a bright shiny object on the ground when it began to collect and sift through Martian soil the very first time, the Daily Mail has reported

Foursquare now has its very first check-in from the surface of another world. As NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity was exploring the Red Planet, it took the time to let Earthlings know it was in Gale Crater via Foursquare on Wednesday.

Bruno Mars just released his newest single "Locked Out Of Heaven" off his sophomore album.

After spending close to a month and a half on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover has found compelling evidence that Mars once contained significant amounts of water.

NASA's Curiosity rover is really beginning to pay off. Since setting up its high-definition cameras, the Mars rover has been sending back amazing views of the fourth planet. Now, NASA has assembled a high-quality panorama of the Martian surface, and the results are amazing.

Popular adage for aiming higher reads: Hitch your wagon to a star! And that is exactly what NASA and artist will.i.am seemed to be attempting as, for the first time in history, a recorded song was beamed to Earth from Mars Tuesday.

When August 27th rolls around each year, many are led to believe it is "Mars Hoax Day," a time of year when the red planet comes so close to Earth that it appears as large as the full moon in the night sky. However, the hoax is just that. A hoax.

Kristen Bell is still holding out hope for a movie adaptation of "Veronica Mars" despite legal obstacles in the way, she told Vulture in an interview on Wednesday. Although she hasn't offered fans any concrete developments yet, the actress indicated during interviews to promote her latest film "Hit and Run," with boyfriend Dax Sheppard, that she's still pushing to make a film based on the TV show about a teenager who begins helping out with her father's private investigation...

Being the first ever movement on the Martian surface, Curiosity's drive combined forward, turn and reverse segments, placing the rover approximately 20 feet (6 meters) from the spot where it landed Aug. 5.

Fresh off the debut of her new movie "Hit and Run," filmed with her fiancé Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell already has another project in mind - a reunion of her cult classic TV series "Veronica Mars."

More than two weeks after the Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars, NASA on Wednesday finally released a full-resolution video of Curiosity's descent to the red planet. You can view the video here, or at the bottom of this page.