Mars

Most of Mars’ air was ‘lost to space’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 3, 2017
It is clear now that a big fraction of the atmosphere of Mars was stripped away to space early in its history.

By David Aragorn
Nineteen Miles Up, Experiment Reveals Earth Microbes’ Likely Fate on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 1, 2017
Understanding the limits on what microbial life can endure is important for preventing contamination of the Red Planet with terrestrial microbes when our human and robotic explorers arrive.

By David Aragorn
There’s Mysteriously Large Amounts of Methane on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 30, 2017
The mystery isn’t just that we see methane when we shouldn’t. It’s also that, in a sense, we see too much of it.

By David Aragorn
A Martian State of Mind 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- March 29, 2017
Did the CIA really astrally project to Mars in 1984? We asked a psychic spy.

By David Aragorn
Mars Volcano Died at Same Time As Dinosaurs 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2017
Around the same time that the dinosaurs became extinct on Earth, a volcano on Mars went dormant, NASA researchers have learned.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious water-like streaks on Mars might be sand flows instead 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 23, 2017
Dust to dust. The mysterious dark flows on Mars may not be water after all. Instead, they could be rivulets of sand, set in motion by sunlight on the Martian surface. The dark streaks form on Mars’s slopes during warm seasons, and are known as recurring slope lineae. While there is no direct evidence of

By David Aragorn
Mars, The Ringed Planet? –“Had Them in the Distant Past and May Again With the Disintegration of Its Mystery Moon, Phobos”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 23, 2017
It’s possible that Mars had rings at one point and may have them again someday.

By David Aragorn
US Government Issues NASA Demand, ‘Get Humans to Mars By 2033’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 22, 2017
With a budget $19.508 billion, will NASA be able to get people onto the red neighboring planet?

By David Aragorn
Water-rich history on Mars: New evidence 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 14, 2017
Shock experiments show how mineral found in Martian meteorites may provide clues to ancient abundance of water

By David Aragorn
NASA Considers Magnetic Shield to Help Mars Grow Its Atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 9, 2017
NASA Planetary Science Division Director, Jim Green, says launching a magnetic shield could help warm Mars and possibly allow it to become habitable.

By David Aragorn