Mars
Curiosity Has Spent Three Years Trying to Reach This Spot on Mars
About three billion years ago, rushing water on Mars carried mud and boulders down a steep slope and deposited them…
Helicopters Could Map the Magnetic Fields on Mars
A recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal examines how helicopters equipped with a magnetometer could be used to…
Mars Doesn’t Have as Many Minerals as Earth
Earth and Mars are very much alike, but also very different. Among other things, scientists find that Earth is much…
What’s the Bare Minimum Number of People for a Mars Habitat?
A recent preprint paper examines the minimum number of people required to maintain a feasible settlement on Mars while accounting…
Ancient Cracked Mud Found on Mars
A recent study published in Nature examines how mud cracks observed on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover could provide insight…
Over 100 Million Years Ago, Olympus Mons Had a Massive Landslide
While the surface of Mars looks relatively unchanging now, it wasn’t always so. The tallest mountain in the Solar System…
Cylindrical Autonomous Drilling Bot Could Reach Buried Martian Water
The south pole of Mars is a likely candidate for future exploration efforts there. It is also an area of…
Interpreting Dune Patterns: Insights from Earth and Mars
A recent study published in the journal Geology attempts to interpret the patterns of dunes, which are sand mounds frequently…
NASA's Mars Helicopter Had an Unscheduled Landing, But Flew Again
The Ingenuity helicopter continues to explore the landscape around Jezero Crater on Mars, now more than 800 days into its…
Mars is Spinning Faster and Faster
Before it retired, NASA's Mars Insight Lander sent home detailed data about the rotation of Mars. From these data, planetary…