Mars
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…
Mars has the Right Conditions for Life Just Under the Surface
According to the immortal words of Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum) “Life..uh...finds a way”. Back in 2005, an article in Nature…
Perseverance Successfully Extracts Oxygen From the Martian Atmosphere. About 10 Minutes of Breathing Time for an Astronaut
Humanity achieved an incredible series of new milestones on Mars this week. It began on Monday April 19th, when the…