Mars
NASA’s Future Plans for Mars Exploration
With all this attention on Spirit and Opportunity, it's easy to forget that robotic exploration of Mars is just getting…
Terraforming Mars One Piece at a Time
One long term goal to help the expansion of humans into space would be to terraform the planet Mars to…
What’s that Bunny on Mars?
When Opportunity sent back the first images from the surface of Mars, there was a strange object that puzzled amateurs…
Opportunity Sees Phobos and Deimos
NASA's Mars rovers stopped looking down for a bit to watch the Sun. Specifically, they were looking to see Mars'…
Now Spirit Finds Evidence of Past Water
Last week, NASA announced with much fanfare that Opportunity had found evidence that the region of Mars was once drenched…
Sulfur Could Support Martian Life
During yesterday's press conference, scientists produced four pieces of evidence to support their claim that liquid water once acted on…
Water Once Drenched Regions of Mars
NASA announced today that liquid water once soaked the environment around Opportunity's landing site, raising the chances that life once…
Both Rovers Working on Rocks
NASA's Spirit rover used its rock abrasion tool to dust off a rock called "Humphrey", and then backed away to…
New Insights Into Martian Atmosphere
Astronomers have found hydrogen peroxide in Mars' atmosphere. The team gathered the data when Mars made its closest approach to…
Mars Express’ Image of Hecates Tholus
The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft took this image of the caldera of volcano Hecates Tholus; it's 5300 metres…