Mars
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…
Oppy’s New Meteorite Find (in 3-D!)
[/caption] The Opportunity rover has done it again -- found another strange-looking rock sitting on Meridiani Planum, and it looks…
Mars Methane Gets Even More Mysterious
Mars’ atmosphere consists of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and contains small amounts of oxygen and water, as…
Herschel Observations May Revise Our Understanding of Mars’ Atmosphere
[/caption] While the Herschel Space Observatory usually looks at some of the coldest and most distant objects in the Universe,…
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…
5 Things About the Next Mars Rover
[/caption] NASA's next Mars rover, the Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida…
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,…
Tonight’s the Night Mars Will NOT Look as Big as the Full Moon
[/caption] I wasn't going to write an article about the Mars-Moon Hoax this year because I thought it was too…
Latest from Mars: Exposed Ice in Fresh Crater, Plus 100’s More New Images
[/caption] Mars-o-philes rejoice! New images from Mars galore, including this "after" image of Mars' northern hemisphere which reveals a new…
NASA Braces Rover Fans for the Worst About Spirit
[/caption] JPL issued a press release today with an update that mission controllers have still not heard from the hibernating…