Mars
Which Parts of Mars are the Safest From Cosmic Radiation?
In a new study, an international team examines Mars' radiation environment and determined that the best place to build an…
Amazing! Ingenuity Helicopter Flies to the Perseverance Backshell and Parachute to See Them Close Up
You may recall we reported earlier this month that the Perseverance rover finally spotted its parachute and backshell off in…
Eight Missions are Getting Extensions, Most Exciting: OSIRIS-REx is Going to Asteroid Apophis
NASA has granted mission extensions to eight different planetary missions, citing the continued excellent operations of the spacecraft, but more…
Here’s Something Rare: a Martian Crater That isn’t a Circle. What Happened?
Most impact craters are usually circular and fairly symmetric, but not all. This odd-shaped crater on Mars is obviously an…
Perseverance Begins the Next Phase of its Mission, Studying an Ancient River Bed on Mars
On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) Rover successfully landed in the dried-up lakebed known as Jezero Crater on Mars,…
Wow! Perseverance Sees a Solar Eclipse on Mars
Imagine standing on Mars, and seeing this with your own eyes. (more…)
Curiosity is Going to Find a new Route Around This Tricky Patch Called “Gator-Back Terrain”
Curiosity rover recently encountered "gator-back terrain," the sharp rocks that caused the first breaks in its wheels back in 2017.
Martian Astronauts Will Create Fuel by Having a Shower
A team of Spanish researchers, with support from the ESA, are working on a system that will allow astronauts on…
Perseverance Finally Spots its Own Parachute on the Surface of Mars
More than 13 months after the Perseverance rover landed on Mars (on February 18, 2021), the rover’s cameras have finally…
Marsquakes are Caused by Shifting Magma
Before the InSight Lander arrived on Mars, scientists could only estimate what the planet's internal structure might be. Its size,…