Mars

Like a Rolling Stone: NASA Names Rolling Mars Rock after Rolling Stones 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 23, 2019
Jagger and the band may now have a bit of Satisfaction.

By David Aragorn
Musk Still Wants To Nuke Mars For Reasons Not Based On Science 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 20, 2019
Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to re-hash a theory he had a few years ago: dropping nuclear bombs on Mars to release trapped carbon dioxide and heat up the planet.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Mars Rover: Dealing with Drill Sample Issues 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 9, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2491 tasks.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Mars Rover: 22nd Full-depth Drill Hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 6, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2488 duties and there’s now official word on Curiosity Mars rover’s recent success.

By David Aragorn
Scientists work out way to make Mars surface fit for farming 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 15, 2019
Aerogel sheet mimics Earth’s greenhouse effect and could help to create fertile oases

By David Aragorn
Dust storms swirl at Mars’ north pole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 11, 2019
Over the last month, ESA’s Mars Express has been watching dust storms brew at the planet’s north pole and disperse toward the equator.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s search for signs of life on Mars yields another shock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 27, 2019
It was just a couple of days ago that NASA announced something pretty exciting about Mars. Its Curiosity rover had detected shockingly high levels of methane, suggesting an unseen geological or even biological process was at work on the planet. Signs of past or present life? Perhaps, but a follow-up reading has now generated more questions than answers.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Mars Rover Just Detected An Unusual Spike In Greenhouse Gas Emissions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 26, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity rover found a sudden large release of greenhouse gas emissions on Mars. As a result, NASA scientists are modifying their planned schedule to investigate the source of the greenhouse gas.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover gets wheeled up for the Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 22, 2019
Engineers prepare the starboard legs and wheels for integration onto NASA’s Mars 2020 rover

By David Aragorn
‘Meteoric Smoke’ May Play Key Role in Formation of High-Altitude Clouds on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 20, 2019
Planetary scientists have long observed water-ice clouds in the Martian middle atmosphere (18.6-37.2 miles, or 30-60 km, above the surface). Now, a University of Colorado, Boulder-led study suggests that those clouds owe their existence to a phenomenon called ‘meteoric smoke.’

By David Aragorn