Rinehart backs 'truly exceptional' Musk with $1.4 billion bet on SpaceX
Australia’s richest woman has bet big on the world’s first trillionaire, issuing a full-throated endorsement of Elon Musk SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO.
Mars
Find inside three-billion-year-old rocks could be sign of life on Mars
The Perseverance rover has been picking through the ancient riverbed, and what it's found has scientists excited.
Do you have what it takes? Experts reveal what Mars astronauts need
One crucial factor above all others could determine whether the prospective years-long missions succeed.
Mini tornadoes on Mars reveal surprising force of red planet's winds
Spinning columns of dust on the planet's surface have been tracked reaching speeds of up to 160km/h, in images taken over a 20-year period.
New NASA Mars rover findings provide strongest hints yet of potential ancient life
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported on Wednesday.
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Why an entire nation is furious about this $8 million rock from Mars
The sale of an extremely rare Mars rock has been slammed by a renowned paleontologist.
Mystery bidder pays $8 million for this rock
The 25-kilogram rock travelled 225 million kilometres to Earth before landing in the Saharah Desert.
'Holiday-style' beaches discovered on Mars
The red planet may have once had wind, sand and waves comparable with coastal regions of Earth.
See the peculiar 'googly eye' the Perseverance rover captured on Mars
As Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy, potato-shaped shadow on the sun's face as well as on the Martian surface.
Mars rover accident reveals 'mind-blowing' discovery
The Curiosity rover has made its most unusual find to date on Mars: rocks made of pure sulphur.