Mars
Rover Analyzing Ejected Rock
NASA's Opportunity rover is hard at work analyzing the rock that was blasted out of the "Endurance" crater. One rock,…
NASA Considers Risking Rover on Dangerous Descent
NASA is currently making a difficult decision about whether to send its Opportunity rover down into Endurance Crater, which is…
Planetary Society Wants to Aim for Mars
The Planetary Society has come on strong to support the human exploration of the Solar System with a new petition…
Opportunity Reaches Endurance Crater
NASA released a 180-degree view of Endurance Crater this week, a target Opportunity has been rolling towards for many days.…
Mars Express Radar Deployment Delayed
The team responsible for the MARSIS radar instrument on Mars Express has advised the ESA to put off the deployment…
Spirit Closes in on Columbia Hills
NASA's Spirit Rover took some new panoramic images of the "Columbia Hills", still a distant 2 kilometres, and 52 days…
Martian Dust Devils Could Be Charged Up
By chasing dust devils across the desert with a specially equipped truck, scientists have discovered that on Earth at least,…
Bounce Rock’s Mystery Ends
"It figures that if there was only one rock for what seems like miles in every direction, we'd find a…
Meteorite Matches Rock on Mars
NASA has reported this week that a rock analyzed by Spirit bears a resemblance to a meteorite found in Antarctica.…
Magnesium Could Be a Source of Fuel on Mars
One of the problems of sending humans to Mars will be how to let them explore the surface of the…