Mars Express

Mars’ Misty Mountains

[/caption] Looking like Mars' version of Land of the Lost, these two mist-capped volcanoes are located in the Tharsis region…

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Vast Areas of Low Latitude Subsurface Ice Found on Mars

[/caption] There could be more subsurface ice on Mars than previously thought, and vast stretches of it may lie just…

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Morphing Phobos

The folks from UnmannedSpaceflight.com have been busy working on the new images of Phobos returned by Mars Express. Above, is…

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New Looks at Phobos from Mars Express Flyby

[/caption] The Mars Express team released the images today from the close flyby the spacecraft made of Phobos on January…

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Mars Express Set for Phobos Flyby

[/caption] The Mars Express spacecraft will be making a very close flyby of the moon Phobos Sunday, January 9, 2011,…

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Melas Chasma: The Deepest Abyss on Mars

[/caption] Melas Chasma is part of the huge Valles Marineris that cuts into the middle of Mars surface, making it…

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Mars ‘Hide and Seek’ Ice Cap Affected by Winds and Water

[/caption] Mars has permanent ice caps at both poles composed mostly of solid carbon dioxide, and mysteriously, a large portion…

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New Theory Says Phobos Formed From Re-Accretion of Impact Debris

[/caption] Most theories on the formation of Phobos and its sister moon of Mars, Deimos, hold that the two moons…

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Weird Crater on Mars is a Mystery

[/caption] This is one of the strangest looking craters ever found on Mars, and this platypus-tail-shaped depression, called Orcus Patera,…

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Mars Webcam Provides Astronaut-like View of Red Planet

What would it be like to approach Mars in a spacecraft? In one of the coolest movies ever, we now…

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