Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover split CO2 to make breathable air on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 1, 2021
The experiment also shows that astronauts can make rocket fuel for their trip back to Earth

By David Aragorn
Mars helicopter photographs Mars rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 30, 2021
The American space agency’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has photographed the Perseverance rover.

By David Aragorn
Strange crater suggests ancient Mars may have been frigid with occasional snowmelt 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 29, 2021
One crater on Mars shows signs of an ancient glacier that melted from the top down.

By David Aragorn
Scientists brought ‘Mars spiders’ to Earth—here’s how 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 15, 2021
Researchers used Halloween SFX to simulate the Martian south pole in springtime.

By David Aragorn
What’s up with this weird green rock on Mars? Perseverance rover is trying to find out.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2021
Perseverance’s laser hasn’t yet penetrated the mystery of a strange Martian rock near the rover’s new digs.

By David Aragorn
Mars webcam reveals the secrets of this enormous, elongated cloud 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 15, 2021
There’s an unusual feature in the skies of Mars: a huge, elongated cloud stretching over 1,100 miles long over the Arsia Mons volcano, appearing and disappearing one per martian year. Now, an unexpected tool aboard the Mars Express spacecraft has revealed more about how this cloud grows and shrinks considerably on a daily cycle that lasts for several months.

By David Aragorn
Perseverance Mars rover: Nasa releases first-drive review 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 11, 2021
Vehicle had no problem going 6.5 metres, turning and backing up, then photographed its own wheel marks on planet’s surface

By David Aragorn
Is there life on Mars? Not if we destroy it with poor space hygiene 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 4, 2021
As countries begin an age of Martian exploration, planetary protection advocates insist we must be careful of interplanetary contamination

By David Aragorn
Why The ‘Happy Face Crater’ on Mars Is Happier Than Ever 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 2, 2021
Who has an even bigger grin than ten years ago? This goofy-looking crater on Mars.

By David Aragorn
Martian Brines May Not Be as Widespread as Previously Thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 12, 2020
In a new study published in the Planetary Science Journal, a team of U.S. scientists combined experimentally verified data on brine evaporation rates along with a global circulation model to develop a new extensive framework of brine stability on the surface and subsurface of Mars. They found that the equatorial regions of Mars typically have temperatures too high for stable brines, while high latitudes are susceptible to permanent freezing.

By David Aragorn