Mars
Dunes Trapped in a Crater on Mars Form This Interesting Pattern
Symmetry in nature is pleasing to look at, and even more so when that symmetry is novel. There’s plenty of…
Swarms of Robots Could Dig Underground Cities on Mars
Underground habitats have recently become a focal point of off-planet colonization efforts. Protection from micrometeorites, radiation, and other potential hazards…
Pictures From China’s Mars Rover Fuel NASA Chief’s Funding Pitch to Congress
The first pictures from a Chinese probe on the surface of Mars were released May 19, sparking a plea from NASA’s…
Bright Ejecta Reveals a Fresh Crater on Mars
Meteors hit much harder on Mars than they do on the Earth. Lack of atmosphere obviously contributes to that, but…
Volcanoes on Mars Might Still be Active
Back in March, NASA's InSight lander detected two large quakes from a geologically active region of Mars called the Cerberus…
Mars Helicopter Completes its 4th Flight. 117 Seconds of Airtime
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter just completed its fourth flight, once again setting records for extraterrestrial flight.
One Full Year of Seismic Data Collected by Mars Insight Includes 500 Quakes
The English vocabulary has some words that only make sense from an Earth-bound perspective. Earthquake is one of those. Even…
Dune Fields in Gale Crater Tell the Story of Mars’ Shifting Climate Over Eons
Rocks can tell us a lot about a planet. On Earth, the study of geology has been around for hundreds…
Mid-Latitude Glaciers on Mars Could Supply Water to Human Explorers
New research shows how a subsurface glacier in the Arcadia Planitia region of Mars would make an ideal landing site…
Ingenuity Completes a Huge 50-Meter Flight on Mars
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter just completed its third test flight and set new records for traveling farther and faster than…