Mars
Mars at Closest Earth Approach Over SpaceX Recovered Falcon 9 at Sea – Photo
PORT CANAVERAL, FL - As you may have heard its Mars opposition season. What you may not have heard is…
Elon Musk Is Sending Humans To Mars In 2024
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has announced his ambitious plan to get humans to Mars by 2024.
Mars At Closest Point To Earth in 11 Years May 30, 2016
Mars is reaching its closest point to Earth in 11 years, and will be a delightful to amateur astronomers.
The Orbit of Mars. How Long is a Year on Mars?
Mars and Earth have many similarities, but the length of a year is not one of them! Compared to Earth,…
Space Weather Causing Martian Atmospherics
A mysterious plume seen on Mars four years ago may have been caused by the impact of a large solar…
Massive 400 Ft. Tsunamis On Ancient Mars
Impact events on Mars 3.4 billion years ago triggered massive tsunamis that reshaped the coastline of the ancient Martian ocean.
SpaceX Calls In The Lawyers For 2018 Mars Shot
The focus of space exploration, and exploitation, has long been the technologies required. But there's a legal aspect to space…
Hubble Telescope Zooms In On Mars
The Hubble Space Telescope gets in the act with a spectacular new close-up of Mars taken just days before opposition.…
What Are The Colors of the Planets?
When you remove all the touch-ups and filters, the planets of the Solar System look slightly different than you might…
Winged Telescope Detects Martian Atomic Oxygen
The airborne observatory SOFIA has detected atomic oxygen in Mars' upper atmosphere. It's been 40 years since oxygen has been…