Surprise, Surprise: Subsurface Water On Mars Defies Expectations
Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments. A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has uncovered a couple…
Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments. A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has uncovered a couple…
A team of researchers from Göttingen University investigates kombucha cultivation in extraterrestrial environments. The possibility of kombucha cultures surviving under Martian-like environments has been studied…
Despite signs of wear, the intrepid spacecraft is about to start an exhilarating new chapter of its mission as it climbs a Martian mountain. Ten…
If your name begins with “L” you will especially enjoy this story about the first letter to be laser engraved on Mars. Every once in…
What do Mars and Iceland have in common? These days, not so much. However, more than 4.5 billion years ago, it’s possible the Red Planet…
NASA Will Inspire World When It Returns Mars Samples to Earth in 2033 NASA has completed the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return…
Mars may be the Red Planet, but false-color images like this one can help us learn about its weather and geology. This High Resolution Imaging…
ESA’s Mars Express’s latest image release takes us over two ruptures in the martian crust that form part of the mighty Valles Marineris canyon system….
Genomic analyses of microbes from Canada’s Arctic provide insight into life forms that could survive on Mars. Under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has taken its first sample from the Jezero delta! Since arriving at the delta, “Percy” has been observing and abrading different…
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Postpones Flights Until August It’s now dust season and winter in the area on Mars where NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is located….
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover is currently stopped for sampling at Skinner Ridge rock. An important aspect of Perseverance’s mission is sampling activities, and therefore the…
The six-wheeled roving explorer has inspected a stretch of the Red Planet to see if it is flat enough for NASA’s next Mars lander. While…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has a big job to do while roving across Jezero and exploring the Delta Front, which is campaign #2 of the…
Fine-Grained Rocks at Hogwallow Flats NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover’s exploration of the Hawksbill Gap area of the Jezero Delta continues! Over the last few weeks,…
The rainbow-colored map, to be released in batches over six months, covers the vast majority of the planet Mars, revealing dozens of minerals found on…
Find Clouds on Mars to Help NASA Scientists By spotting clouds in data collected by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the public can increase scientists’ understanding…
Newly published research quantifies the presence of organic carbon in Martian rocks. For the first time, scientists using data from NASA’s Curiosity rover measured the…