Mars

NASA is Sending a Helicopter to Mars as Part of the 2020 Rover

When the Mars 2020 rover arrives on the Red Planet, it will include a Mars Helicopter - a concept that…

7 years ago

The Giant Planets in the Solar System Stunted the Growth of Mars

A new study by an international team of researchers indicates that Mars' growth was stunted due to the orbital instability…

7 years ago

Tiangong 1 Falls, Blue Moon Rises and Mars Takes Aim At Saturn

Skywatchers have a busy weekend ahead. The Chinese space station is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, the Moon…

7 years ago

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Enjoys its 2000th Day on Mars

The Curiosity rover recently passed another major milestone. Since it landed in 2012, it has spent a total of 2000…

7 years ago

Volcanoes on Mars Helped Form its Early Oceans

According to a new study by a team from UC Berkeley, the existence of oceans on Mars may have had…

7 years ago

The First SpaceX BFR Should Make Orbital Launches by 2020

According to a recent interview Musk made at the 2018 SXSW conference, the BFR will be ready to conduct test…

7 years ago

Engineers Develop a Whole New Way to Use Curiosity’s Drill After a Recent Hardware Failure

Due to a mechanical failure, engineers at NASA JPL have developed a new method for the Curiosity drill, which was…

7 years ago

Saturn Photobombs a Picture of the Martian Moon Phobos

While taking pictures of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, the Mars Express probe also captures pictures of Saturn in…

7 years ago

Opportunity Just Saw its 5,000th Sunrise on Mars

The Opportunity rover just experienced its 5000th sunrise on Mars and is still revealing things about the Martian surface.

7 years ago

Mars 2020 Rover is Going to be Taking a Chunk of Mars Back to… Mars?

When the Mars 2020 arrives on the surface of the Red Planet, it will be carrying a piece of a…

7 years ago