HiRISE
Amazing Impact Crater Where a Triple Asteroid Smashed into Mars
At first glance, you many not guess that this feature on Mars is an impact crater. The reason it looks…
A Martian Blue Snake, Brought To You By Canadians And A Spacecraft
Here's the awesome thing about space and social media: in some cases, you can often follow along with a mission…
Bizarre Mars: Did Lava Bubbles Wrinkle This Giant Circle?
NASA is puzzled by this "enigmatic landform" caught on camera by one of its Mars orbiters, but looking around the…
Mars Needs You! Help Scientists Track Spring Thaw On Red Planet
We've been watching Mars with spacecraft for about 50 years, but there's still so little we know about the Red…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 31, 2014: Bad Week in Space
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ken Kremer (kenkremer.com /…
Martian Permafrost And Dust-Sculpted Surface Captured By NASA Spacecraft
Mars was once thought to be a fairly unchanging planet, similar to the Moon. But now we know it is…
MRO Spies Tiny, Bright Nucleus During Comet Flyby of Mars
Not to be outdone by the feisty Opportunity Rover, the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) turned in…
Sandy Ridges Pose A Mystery For Future Martian Beach Vacations
What are these thick dune-like features on Mars, and how were they formed? Scientists are still trying to puzzle out…
The Latest Pictures From Mars Make Us Feel Spoiled
Don't you love it when close-up pictures come beaming to your computer from another planet? Below are some of the…
Captain HiRISE, Space Detective Beams Martian History Album To Earth
Mars, that ever-changing and beautiful Red Planet practically next door to us, is one of the most well-studied places humans…