Mars
How Does NASA Plan to Keep Samples From Mars Safe From Contamination (and Contaminating) Earth?
NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission is inching closer and closer. The overall mission architecture just hit a new milestone when…
China’s Zhurong Rover Looks Deep Underground and Sees Layers From Multiple Floods on Mars
Mars exploration has been ongoing for decades at this point, and some regions of the planet have become more interesting…
Mars Rocks Have the Right raw Ingredients to 3D Print Everything From Tools to Rocket Parts
3D printing will be an absolutely critical technology as space exploration starts to take off. Initially, it will be impossible…
Webb Turns its Infrared Gaze on Mars
The first Webb images of Mars were just released by the ESA, revealing spectra from the planet's atmosphere and what…
InSight Heard Four Meteoroids Crash Into Mars
For the first time, a spacecraft has detected acoustic and seismic waves from impacts on Mars. NASA’s InSight lander made…
Mars Might Have Been Covered in Lakes in the Ancient Past
New research by an international team of scientists indicates that Mars may have had far more ancient lakes on its…
Without Water and Life, Geology on Mars is Driven by the Wind
On Earth, we all know what changes our landscapes: water and wind erosion, tectonic activity, and volcanism. Today on Mars,…
Perseverance Has Collected Samples from One of the Best Places to Search for Ancient Life on Mars
Scientists with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover said today that the rover has collected several "tantalizing" organic rock samples from an…
Mars did Have Moving Glaciers, but They Behaved Differently in the Planet's Lower Gravity
New research shows that glaciers on Mars moved very slowly, which could have allowed ancient life there to survive.
Beautiful Dunes on Mars, Sculpted by Swirling Winds
This interesting image from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a field of fascinating dunes called barchan…