MRO
Evidence for Past Water on Mars Keeps Flowing, This Time from Glaciers
[/caption] No sooner do we post one article about water on Mars when it's time for another. Planetary scientists have…
Mars Polar Cap Mystery Solved
[/caption] The shape of the two-mile-tall Texas-sized ice cap at the north pole of Mars has puzzled scientists for forty…
Latest Mars Avalanche Likely Triggered by Impact Event
[/caption] The HiRISE team from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured a few avalanches on Mars, some actually while in…
MRO Sees Opportunity on the Edge of Concepcion Crater (and more!)
[/caption] It has been a while since I've posted a batch of new images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE…
MRO Radar Maps Extensive Subsurface Martian Ice
[/caption] Sure, it's big news the Moon has water ice on the north pole, but Mars is loaded! A new…
Multi-Layer Mars Parfait Provides Environmental Record
[/caption] Is Mars more like a Peanut Buster Parfait, a granola-yogurt parfait, --or perhaps -- maybe a seven-layer salad? Near…
Stunning New Views From HiRISE; Plus Big Announcement?
Caption: Dune symmetry on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona It is so wonderful to see the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter back…
MRO Comes Out of Safe Mode
[/caption] The latest word on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is that the spacecraft has successfully come out of safe mode.…
Amazing and Marvelous Mars Dunes
[/caption] I see the Bad Astronomer has beat me to the punch by posting this image before I could. But…
HiRISE Highlights: Crater Within a Crater, Awesome View of Victoria and More
[/caption] I was just thinking it had been awhile since we featured images from the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars…