Mars

Some Active Process is Cracking Open These Faults on Mars. But What is it?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 9, 2017
A 2008 image showing a portion of the North Polar layered deposits with lines of very small pits on the surface of Mars.

By David Aragorn
Randy Cramer Interview Part 2 0
- Another Point of View, Experiencers, Contactees, Abductees, Podcasts, You Post
- March 3, 2017
Listen to the second part of Randy Cramer’s interview on Contact TV

By Lesley Mitchell-Clarke
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sharpens Paradox of Ancient Mars 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- February 17, 2017
Curiosity rover findings add to a puzzle about ancient Mars because the same rocks that indicate a lake was present also indicate there was very little carbon dioxide in the air to help keep a lake unfrozen.

By David Aragorn
Mars Was Recently Hit by a Meteorite ‘Shotgun’ Blast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 15, 2017
A cluster of recent meteorite impacts on Mars have been found, highlighting a deadly hazard for future Mars colonists.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sharpens Paradox of Ancient Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 8, 2017
Mars scientists are wrestling with a problem. Ample evidence says ancient Mars was sometimes wet, with water flowing and pooling on the planet’s surface.

By David Aragorn
Dried-up slime could help microbes survive briny waters on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 27, 2017
Sticking together could help microbes survive in briny waters on Mars. Biofilms, colonies of cells embedded in a slimy protective coating, live longer than single cells when exposed to Mars-like brines – and even longer when they’re dried out first.

By David Aragorn
Mars Rover Curiosity Examines Possible Mud Cracks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 21, 2017
Scientists used NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover in recent weeks to examine slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that likely originated as cracks in drying mud.

By David Aragorn
Mars should have loads more water – so where has it all gone?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 10, 2017
MARS has a real water shortage. It seems we have either misunderstood what its early years were like – or vast amounts of water are hiding beneath its surface.

By David Aragorn
NASA plan for housing astronauts on Mars borrows from Eskimos 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 7, 2017
NASA’s latest plan: ‘Mars Ice Home’ could be the key to providing astronauts with a place to stay for months on end while living on the Red Planet.

By David Aragorn
Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 7, 2017
The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new color images returned by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the “Murray Buttes” region of lower Mount Sharp. The new images arguably rival photos taken in U.S. National Parks.

By David Aragorn