Mars
Dig a Big Hole on Mars to Search for Life
One of the best places to look for life on Mars might be underneath its surface, in vast underground fields…
Channels and Pits on Mars
This photograph shows the amazing pits and ?grabens? in the Phlegethon Catena region of Mars. These are regions of terrain…
Claritas Fossae on Mars
This is an image of the Claritas Fossae region on the surface of Mars. The photograph was taken by ESA's…
System Maps Microfossils in 3-D
Paleobiologists have produced 3-D images of ancient fossils - 650 to 850 million years old - embedded within rocks. This…
Opportunity Begins Its Third Year on Mars
NASA's Opportunity rover began its third year of operations on the surface of Mars today. Opportunity and its partner Spirit…
Icy Martian Glaciers
Photographs taken of the surface of Mars show evidence that glaciers once scoured away at its surface. Since the Red…
Juventae Chasma on Mars
This image, taken by the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft, shows Juventae Chasma, in the Lunae Planum region of…
When a Meteor Slashed Mars
This image, taken by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows an unusually shaped impact crater Hesperia Planum region of Mars. The…
Lakebed on Mars Wasn’t So Watery In the Past
The Meridiani Planum region on Mars is currently the home of NASA's Opportunity Rover. But scientists believe that the entire…
Has Beagle 2 Been Found?
Scientists think they might have finally found the wreckage of the ill fated Beagle 2 Mars mission. Grainy photographs from…