Mars

An asteroid trailing after Mars could actually be the stolen twin of our moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 9, 2020
The asteroid in question, called (101429) 1998 VF31, is part of a group of trojan asteroids sharing the orbit of Mars.

By David Aragorn
Mars 2020 Spacecraft is Midway to Red Planet, NASA Says 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2020
On October 27, 2020, at 4:40 EDT (1:40 p.m. PDT), NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft, which includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter, reached its halfway point — 235.4 million km (146.3 million miles) — on its journey to Mars.

By David Aragorn
Mars Express Spots Triple Crater on Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 5, 2020
ESA’s Mars Express orbiter has spotted three overlapping craters in Noachis Terra, an extensive landmass in the southern hemisphere of Mars.

By David Aragorn
Nasa’s Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars – but still has much more than half of its journey to go 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 30, 2020
The rover is taking a curved route due to the Sun’s gravitational pull

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk says SpaceX’s 1st Starship trip to Mars could fly in 4 years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 20, 2020
Can a Starship reach Mars by 2024?

By David Aragorn
One-Billion-Year-Old Sand Dunes Spotted on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 14, 2020
Planetary researchers have mapped and characterized ancient sand dune fields in the canyons of Valles Marineris on Mars. Their discovery offers new insights on past climatic conditions on the Red Planet.

By David Aragorn
Mars is closer to Earth this week than it will be for 15 years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2020
With no bright stars in the same part of the sky, the red planet will be unmistakeable

By David Aragorn
A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 29, 2020
New radar data add to evidence of water under Mars’ south pole, but it’s not “a slam dunk yet”

By David Aragorn
Finding Martian Microbes Could Require Digging Miles Underground 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 26, 2020
NASA’s Perseverance rover is flying to Mars as you read this sentence. It will land there in February 2021 and set aside rocks with promising signs of ancient life, for a future mission to pick up for analysis.

By David Aragorn
A three-agent robotic system for Mars exploration 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2020
Mars, also known as the red planet, has been the focus of numerous research studies, as some of its characteristics have sparked discussions about its possible inhabitability. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and a few other space agencies have thus sent a number of rovers and other spacecraft to Mars with the hope of better understanding its geology and environment.

By David Aragorn