Mars
A Perfectly Balanced Rock Seen by Perseverance
The Perseverance rover has begun exploring a region that looks a little like Monument Valley in Arizona and Utah in…
Japan’s Upcoming Mission Will Use a Vacuum to Get its Sample From Phobos
JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, is carving out a niche for itself in sample-return missions. Their Hayabusa mission was…
After Three Months in Safe-Mode, NASA’s Maven Spacecraft Has Been Recovered
After a technical glitch that caused it to enter safe mode, NASA's MAVEN satellites is once again up and running…
Will Earth’s Follies Take Root on Mars? Black Comedy Explores the Frontier
The world's richest human wants to build a city on Mars: Fifty years ago, Elon Musk's vision of our future…
Perseverance Has Been Carrying a Rock in its Wheel for Over 100 Days
Why does a Mars rover have a rock in one of its wheels? Maybe it's because a rover doesn’t have…
Curiosity Sees Bizarre Spikes on Mars
A new picture taken by NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed something interesting - a pair of spikes protruding from the…
Ingenuity has Lost its Sense of Direction, but It’ll Keep on Flying
Things are getting challenging for the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. The latest news from Håvard Grip, its chief pilot, is…
Perseverance is Seeing A LOT of Dust Devils
While the Mars InSight lander is still waiting for a passing dust devil to clean off its solar panels, it…
Watch an Entire Flight by Ingenuity, From Take-off to Landing, Covering 704 Meters
We’ve been keeping close track of Ingeniuity’s progress here at Universe Today. Following the little helicopter that could hasn’t always…
What is the Best Radiation Shielding for the Surface of Mars?
A new study takes a look at potential methods for radiation shielding that could inform the creation of Martian habitats