Mars
Mars has the Right Conditions for Life Just Under the Surface
According to the immortal words of Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum) “Life..uh...finds a way”. Back in 2005, an article in Nature…
Perseverance Successfully Extracts Oxygen From the Martian Atmosphere. About 10 Minutes of Breathing Time for an Astronaut
Humanity achieved an incredible series of new milestones on Mars this week. It began on Monday April 19th, when the…
This Is a Collapsed Pit on Mars, Not a Pimple
Mars has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. With the historic landing of the Perseverance…
“You Wouldn’t Believe What I Just Saw:” Ingenuity Helicopter Flies Successfully on Mars
NASA pulled off a Wright Brothers moment on Mars early today by successfully flying the tiny Ingenuity helicopter for approximately…
The Same Technology Could Search for Microbes in Mars Rocks or Under the ice on Europa
NASA's SHERLOC and WATSON, two spectrometers designed to look for biosignatures, could answer if there's life on Mars on inside…
How’s the Weather in Jezero Crater? According to Perseverance: Cold
The Perseverance rover just provided its first Martian weather report (it was cold!), which could help inform future missions involving…
Perseverance Takes a Selfie With Ingenuity. It’s Almost Time to fly
Perseverance is having a proud parent moment in this image, looking like it’s waiting with a child at the bus…
Perseverance Captured This Image of a “Rainbow” on Mars, but it’s just a Lens Flare in the Rover’s Camera
Did the Perseverance rover capture a rainbow on Mars? This image, from the rover’s left rear Hazard Camera, sure looks…
A Lake in a Martian Crater was Once Filled by Glacial Runoff
Using images obtained by the MRO, a team of researchers has found features on Mars that were formed billions of…
Maybe Mars Didn’t Lose its Water After All. It’s Still Trapped on the Planet
Roughly 4 billion years ago, Mars looked a lot different than it does today. For starters, its atmosphere was thicker…