Photo of Mars, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. A close encounter of the Martian kind was due to occur Wednesday June 13 2001, and could trigger a flood of UFO reports. Mars was heading towards its closest approach to Earth in more than a dozen years.

The study provides the first independent line of evidence using data other than radar, that there is liquid water beneath Mars' south polar ice cap.

Scientists find further evidence of liquid water on Mars

Artists and architects have spent years working on the Martian House - which capable of surviving life on the red planet

The unique home that's been created in Bristol to showcase 'life on Mars'

The ExoMars Rover is being tested at the European Space Agency's special Mars simulator

The Rosalind Franklin rover has been put through its paces at the simulator in Italy. 

Stevenage-built ExoMars Rover escapes sand trap in Mars mission simulator

Two Open University academics have been awarded combined funding of over £200,000 to investigate whether primitive life-forms ever existed

UK Space Agency awards funding for OU research into life on Mars

Successful candidates will take up residence at Mars Dune Alpha in Houston in an experiment paving the way for a future real-life trip to Mars.

Want to live on Mars? Applications open to 'experience year on Red Planet'

Luke Jerram has revealed his new sculpture recreating the planet Mars.

Bristol artist Luke Jerram reveals new planet Mars sculpture

The rover will stay in the lander for a few days before rolling down a ramp to explore the red planet alongside an American vehicle that arrived in February.

'China has left a footprint on Mars for the first time'

NASA has made history with the first flight on another planet in what has been billed a 'Wright brothers moment.'

First ever flight on another planet completed on Mars

An image of the Martian 'spiders' which has now been recreated by the OU

Researchers at the university in Milton Keynes have managed to create a special rock formation on the surface of the red planet

OU scientists recreate 'spiders' on Mars 

The fresh footage shows dust and grit being lifted as the vehicle descends.

Spectacular moving images of Mars rover landing released by Nasa

Perseverance has begun its long journey for signs of ancient life on Mars.

New images released by Nasa as Mars rover prepares to explore red planet

Perseverance landed on Thursday night after a nail biting "seven minutes of terror" descent. 

Take a look at Mars as Perseverance sends images back from red planet

The boss of a Devon fabric firm said he was "hardly able to watch" as the parachute they supplied helped land NASA's Perseverance Rover.

The Devon firm key to successful NASA mission to Mars

"Now the amazing science starts”, Nasa's science mission chief declared, as the rover begins its mission of collecting samples from the red planet. 

The search for life on Mars begins

NASA's Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars.

Congratulations have poured in to the space agency from all over the world after landing its probe on Mars.

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