Mars
Communication With Mars is About to Become Impossible (for two Weeks)
Every two years, Mars enters what is known as a "Solar Conjunction," where its orbit takes it behind the Sun…
Mars has Seasons, and They Might Have Revealed Where it’s Hiding its Water
The search for water on Mars has consumed a lot of data collection and research time. Underground lakes have been…
How Much Carbon Dioxide Snow Falls Every Winter on Mars?
New research hows how changes in the size of the Martian polar ice caps are associated with annual changes in…
This is the Reactor That Could Make it Possible to Return From Mars
Remember when engineers proposed one-way trips to Mars, because round trips are just too expensive to bring people back to…
NASA’s InSight Experiences its Most Powerful Marsquake so far: Magnitude 4.2, Lasting 90 Minutes
NASA’s InSight lander has detected one of the most powerful and longest-lasting quakes on the Red Planet since the start…
Mars Was Too Small to Ever be Habitable
Mars and water. Those words can trigger an avalanche of speculation, evidence, hypotheses, and theories. Mars has some water now,…
Although it’s Quiet Today, Mars Once had Thousands of Volcanic Eruptions on its Surface
New research has found more evidence that Mars once experienced super-volcanoes that filled the atmosphere with ash and dust.
Accurately Forecasting the Weather on Mars and Titan
Even meteorologists who forecast the weather on Earth admit that they can’t always accurately predict the weather at a specific…
ExoMars Will be Drilling 1.7 Meters to Pull its Samples From Below the Surface of Mars
The ESA just finished testing the drill that will allow the Rosalind Franklin rover to search for signs of life…
Astronaut Blood and Urine Could Help Build Structures on the Moon
Thinking outside the box has always been a strong suit of space exploration. Whether taking a picture of the Earth…