Mars

Explorer Scouts in Scotland will soon launch into learning space skills

Exploring other worlds with VR headsets

From Dundee to Mars: 15th Dundee Science Festival Gets Underway

Local children road-testing one of the festival’s highlights, an interactive Mission to Mars with Cerebral Ape

From Dundee to Mars: 15th Dundee Science Festival gets underway

Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and Mars seen in the night sky. There will be seven planets visible in February 2025.

How to catch rare celestial sight as 7 planets to align in night sky

Top tips to view rare celestial alignment every night in January

Martin and Roman Kemp get in on the great chocolate debate that's been swirling throughout the nation

Bounty is NOT the nation's most-disliked chocolate, shock study finds

The International Space Station. Picture: Nasa/SWNS

Laser 'breakthrough' led by Scottish university set to power Mars missions

Astronauts tight-lipped on who was ill in long space station mission

If you look up at the night sky at the right time this week you'll see an unusual celestial event.

Watch the planetary parade as six planets align in a rare event

Futuristic Folktales PIC: Amy Sinead Photography

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Rangers midfielder Todd Cantwell looks dejected as Josh Sims puts Ross County 3-1 ahead. (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)

Rangers verdict: Big questions in defence but good viewing for Celtic and Hearts

An artist's impression shows the Mars Express satellite in orbit around the Red Planet (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Enabling humans to live on Mars might just save us from dinosaurs' fate

True color image of Mars taken by the OSIRIS instrument on the ESA Rosetta spacecraft during its February 2007 flyby of the planet. PIC: OSIRIS/CC

Atmosphere of Mars recreated in Scotland ahead of space mission to red planet

Last year's winners, Luke and Margaret Pic: JasperImage

Cullen Skink World Championships 2024: Moray village prepares for competition

In 1962, President John F Kennedy famously promised that the US would land astronauts on the Moon within that decade (Picture: National Archive/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

Moon mission hitch is a reminder of JFK’s inspirational words about space flight

Mars has recalled Revels after rubber pieces were found in some packets Picture: Getty Images

Mars recalls popular sweet because it may contain rubber

Choco-lovers to wade through random tubs for a surprise this Christmas

The moon is believed to have been created after a massive collision between the Earth and a Mars-sized object (Picture: Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images)

Crystals help scientists answer a profound question about the moon

Geologist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, uses an adjustable sampling scoop to retrieve lunar samples during the second extravehicular activity (EVA-2), at Station 5 at the Taurus- Littrow landing site.

‘Crystals brought back by Apollo astronauts indicate age of Moon’

Fort Solis is an upcoming sci-fi thriller game which stars Roger Clark, Troy Baker and Julia Brown. Image: Dear Villagers/Fallen Leaf

Everything we know about video game Fort Solis including Scottish star

The Dangbei Mars Laser Projector

Watch Netflix day or night on a 15ft screen with this gadget

Rocks from Mars could potentially reveal whether there was ever life on the planet (Picture: Nasa/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Cornell University via Getty Images)

Scotland's amazing geology might help solve Mars' biggest mystery

Nasa rover discovers evidence of life in the Jezero crater on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover firing up its descent stage engines as it nears the Martian surface. Technology made by Scottish academics will be involved in the next mission to Mars. Picture: PA

Mars mission: Device built by Scottish researchers to be flown to Mars in bid to...

Starship is set to launch today

When is SpaceX Starship launch and how to watch Musk’s spacecraft test

Five-time winner Tiger Woods struggled in cold and wet conditions on Saturday in the 87th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Picture: Patrick Smith/Getty Images.

Even Tiger Woods, golf's miracle man, is losing his latest injury battle

Official crew portrait for Artemis II, from left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

NASA: the four astronauts taking part in 2024 Moon mission

Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars and the Moon aligned in the night sky earlier this week (Adobe Stock)

Horoscopes: what planets alignment could mean for your star sign

Jupiter, Venus, the Moon, and Mars were all expected to be easily visible but Uranus and Mercury a bit harder to spot

Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars, and the Moon align in planetary parade

Five planets set to line up in night sky

Why Scotland needs to say goodbye to the deep fried mars bar

Hopefully the comedy film Mars Attacks! was not actually more of a documentary (Picture: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ReedPop )

Dear hyper-intelligent aliens, sorry about shooting down your spaceships

Iceland issued the recall on Friday December 30. 2022. (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Iceland issues urgent product recall - food allergy fears

If Mars is 'Planet B', then the future for humanity looks bleak (Picture: Nasa/Getty Images)

We must embrace nature-friendly farming to save Earth from 'Age of Loneliness'

Galaxy launching chocolate digestive biscuit at Asda - here’s when

Alien bugs could be living deep underground on Mars, according to new research. The Red Planet is volcanically active, suggesting the right ingredients for present-day microbial life.

‘Alien bugs’ could be living deep underground on Mars, study finds

The use of heavy farm vehicles is compacting the soil, so that water flashes off rather than soaking in (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Industrial farming is threatening humanity’s ability to feed itself

Spectators watch as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad

Man could be living on the Moon by end of decade – Nasa official

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 16: NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Artemis I mission will send the uncrewed spacecraft around the moon to test the vehicle's propulsion, navigation and power systems as a precursor to later crewed mission to the lunar surface. (Photo by Red Huber/Getty Images)

Artemis 1: Nasa’s moon rocket lifts off

Twix and Mars bars cost a lot more than they did in the 90s.

Sweet treats that have soared in price as grocery inflation hits 13.9%

The digestive problems of pigs may have solved a Mars meteorite mystery

Pig vomit potentially solves century old Mars meteorite mystery

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Mars CEO Grant F Reid outlining his vision for the firm at a leadership summit

Scots-born Mars chief steps down to fight climate change

A dark chocolate version of Maltesers will launch later this month (Photo: Mars Wrigley)

Maltesers launches new dark chocolate flavour in low sugar range

‘Healthy’ Mars and Snickers bars launched in bid to overcome new junk food laws

Daniel Smith, Founder AstroAgency and Director of Space Scotland

Sustainable Space – a contradiction in terms or an example of what's possible? -...

NASA's Perseverance rover firing up its descent stage engines as it nears the Martian surface. Picture: PA

Scottish scientist to pilot Mars mission

The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2021 (Shutterstock)

QUIZ: Can you guess the Cambridge words of the year based on their dictionary de...

4660 Nereus is set to come within 2.4 million miles of the earth on 11 December (image: Shutterstock)

Will an asteroid hit earth in December - and should you be worried?

Mars chief executive Grant Reid. Picture: John Devlin

Mars' Scottish CEO says Glasgow will be the tipping point

The strategy was launched today

Scotland plan unveiled to become global leader in space development

Nadia with her fellow crew members on the mission to the Moon (Photo: Tommaso Antonio Giacon).

Scottish female analog astronaut talks about her ‘trip to the Moon’

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Scotland's first Planetary Sciences course will be launched in September.

Scotland’s first degree in planetary sciences launched in Aberdeen

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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