During a recent televised interview, Putin revealed that Russia is planning to launch a series of space missions.
Elon Musk has stressed the importance of sending humans to Mars before the next 'probable' World War.
Geomicrobiologist Barry DiGregorio maintains that the Curiosity rover has found evidence of alien life forms.
Scientists have discovered microbial life rebounding in one of the driest and most inhospitable places on Earth.
The remarkably resilient rover has managed to extend its original three-month mission to over 13 years.
A new image of the long-dead Phoenix lander on Mars has shown that it has become coated in a layer of dust.
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is set to venture even further away from home than anyone had expected.
Consisting of 16 separate images, the impressive vista was captured using the rover's wide-angle lens.
The Kilopower project has developed a type of miniature nuclear fission reactor for use on other worlds.
The ice, which is thought to descend almost 330ft, could help to support a future manned presence on Mars.
The Mars Curiosity rover has discovered some rather peculiar structures and nobody knows what they are.
The SpaceX CEO has posted up images of his Tesla Roadster mounted inside the rocket's nose cone.
Letizia Marsili and five other members of her family are affected by an unusual pain insensitivity.
The crest-tailed mulgara - a small carnivorous marsupial - was thought to have died out a century ago.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has stated that the first human on Mars will have got there on a Boeing rocket.
The maiden voyage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will carry Musk's own Tesla Roadster in to space.
The results of a recent experiment suggest that the soil on Mars is likely to be suitable for agriculture.
Anheuser-Busch, the company behind Budweiser beer, wants to create a beverage for people to drink on Mars.
The lake has been described as 'a chunk of Mars [that] has somehow broken off and travelled 33 million miles'.
Boriska Kipriyanovich, who has baffled doctors for 20 years, claims he lived on Mars in his past life.