Mars

Daring Mars mission to send rocks back to Earth in hunt for past life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 26, 2019
Europe poised to join US in complex plan to find evidence of fossil microbes on red planet

By David Aragorn
First methane, now oxygen: gaseous mysteries on Mars puzzle scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 19, 2019
Oxygen on Mars behaves in ways scientists can’t seem to explain yet, according to NASA.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Finds Mysterious Oxygen Fluctuations on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity rover sniffed out an unexpected seasonal variation to the oxygen on Mars, according to new research.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped an eerie image of the Mars horizon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2019
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is still traversing the Red Planet on its own, searching for evidence of past life there.

By David Aragorn
Czech lab grows mustard plants for Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 2, 2019
Czech scientists have opened a lab to experiment growing food for environments with extreme conditions and lack of water, such as Mars.

By David Aragorn
Planetary Researchers Analyze Structure of Giant Martian Landslide 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 1, 2019
Unusually large and long ridges documented in massive landslides across our Solar System are commonly associated with the presence of ancient ice layers. To better understand how these features formed, an international team of planetary scientists analyzed 3D images of an extensive landslide in the Valles Marineris region of Mars. Their findings show the unique structures could have formed at high speeds of up to 224 mph (360 kmh) due to underlying layers of fragmented rocks; this challenges the idea that underlying layers of ice can only explain such long ridges.

By David Aragorn
NASA InSight rover digs its ‘mole’ into the dusty Mars landscape 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 19, 2019
NASA’s InSight rover has dug its ‘mole’ about two centimeters into the surface of Mars, the space agency announced today.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds an ancient oasis on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2019
If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with NASA’s Curiosity rover.

By David Aragorn
Listen to What Mars Sounds like through NASA’s InSight Lander 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 3, 2019
You’ll hear blistering gusts of wind, robotic arm movements, and seismic Martian activity.

By David Aragorn
NASA engineers attach Mars Helicopter to Mars 2020 rover 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 29, 2019
NASA engineers have installed the miniature helicopter on the space agency’s Mars 2020 rover. The Mars Helicopter, nicknamed Scout, will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet.

By David Aragorn