NASA Mars rover finds new clues pointing to past life on Mars

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.
Morning Overview on MSN

Robots could conquer Mars long before humans even set foot there

Robots are already rewriting the script for Mars. While human crews remain grounded by medical, political, and financial limits, machines have quietly turned the Red Planet into a testbed for long ...
autoevolution

MARS Software to Govern Autonomous Robot Workforce That'll Build Space Infrastructure

We will soon get to a point where the human race will expand to other celestial bodies in the solar system. The prime targets for colonization are the Moon and Mars, and plans are already being ...
Hyperallergic

3D Photographs of Life on Mars, Taken by Robots

A view from the Mars Exploration Rover from when it set a one-day distance record for Martian driving, in 2005 (via Panoramic Camera, NASA/JPL-Caltech) The 3D images make up just a small part of the ...
AOL

Elon Musk on Mars, robots and how AI will be ‘smarter than humans this year’

Larry Fink, president and CEO of investment firm BlackRock, interviewed Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX at the World Economic forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. They spoke about everything from ...
Forbes

Mars Discovery Means ‘Galaxy Could Be Teeming With Life,’ Scholar Says

NASA's Perseverance robot, depicted here landing on the Martian dunes, used its cutting-edge cameras to image what could be the first evidence of life ever detected on Mars, opening the possibility ...
Science Daily

Robots descend into lava tubes to prepare for future Moon bases

Hidden lava tunnels on the Moon and Mars could one day shelter human explorers, offering natural protection from radiation and space debris. A European research team has unveiled a bold new mission ...
Ars Technica

In a major new report, scientists build rationale for sending astronauts to Mars

give the Mars robot projects an Apollo-scale budget (or even a substantial fraction thereof) and I ‘ll bet it would be astonishing what they could accomplish. The mission advantages of not having to ...
Futurism

NASA Now Letting Mars Rover Drive Autonomously

Think self-driving cars are impressive? Try a self-driving rover on a planet over a hundred million miles away. On Wednesday, NASA announced that its Mars Perseverance rover had pulled off a stunning ...
Digital Trends

This advanced modular robot is ideal for Mars missions, its maker says

It’s all very impressive. At the end of its video presentation. LimX suggests that Tron 2, or a robot very much like it, would be ideal for future Mars missions due in part to its high level of ...
Earth.com

Robots are preparing to explore lava tunnels on the Moon

Scientists are using robots to explore underground lava tunnels, offering a safer way to prepare for future human missions in ...