MRO
What’s Causing Those Landslides on Mars? Maybe Underground Salt and Melting Ice
Changes in Mar’s geography always attract significant scientific and even public attention. A hope for signs of liquid water (and…
Mars is Still an Active World. Here’s a Landslide in Nili Fossae
A image released by the MRO mission shows a landslide near the location where the Perseverance rover will land, illustrating…
Another Incredible Picture of Mars, This Time From a Region Just Outside Valles Marineris
An image taken by the MROs HiRISE camera showcases the types of terrain around part of Mars' Valles Marineris canyon…
A Meteor Smashed Into Mars in 2005, Making this Crater
NASA has repeatedly imaged the Martian surface, and sometimes a feature appears that wasn't there in prior images. That's what…
This is the Spot Where ESA’s Schiaparelli Crashed Into Mars
The MRO's HiRISE camera recently snapped fresh images of where the ESA's Schiaparelli lander crashed on the surface of Mars…
This is Probably Sandstone Layers on Mars. Absolutely Beautiful
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been in orbit around Mars for almost 14 years. It carries a variety of…
There’s the Curiosity Rover, On the Move, Seen from Space
If the Curiosity rover was paranoid, would it feel like it was being watched? Well, it is being watched, by…
It Hasn’t Rained on Mars for a Long Time, but These Sand Dunes Look Like Raindrops, and They’re Filled with Chemicals Made in Water
A recent image from the MRO shows rows of olivine-rich dunes in the Copernicus Crater on Mars, a feature that…
New layers of water ice have been found beneath Mars’ North Pole
A new study has found evidence of glacier of water ice beneath Mars' north pole, enough to cover the entire…
Weekly Space Hangout: Apr 24, 2019 – Nathaniel Putzig and Gareth Morgan of the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) Sounder Team on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Pamela Gay (astronomycast.com / cosmoquest.org / @starstryder) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier…