Tag: Mars

Mars is bombarded by a ton of radiation. But cave entrances block most of these dangerous rays.

The minimum number of people may be even lower — but only if the participants are mentally stable.

Could mud cracks have meant seasonal climate patterns on the Red Planet?

Remote sensing reveals the intensity of past and present river flows on other worlds.

Caltech's 5.7 terapixel mosaic is the ultimate Mars map.

The rover captured a stunning sunset at the start of a new cloud-imaging campaign

Here is a lizard-inspired robot that is as creepy and fascinating as real lizards, and wishes to explore Mars.

It's been a very productive four years. Enjoy your retirement, InSight.

Mars' geology isn't quite as funky as Earth's -- but it's not all that plain either.

Mars is turning out to be a more interesting place than we thought.

If microbes can do this, we should be particularly worried with our own impact on the climate.

This is important both for our search for life, and for potential contamination of the Red Planet.

Hydrogen-hungry microbes may have saturated the Martian atmosphere with methane, triggering a terrible ice age.

Thanks, InSight!

The powerful space telescope used its potent infrared instruments to reveal unseen features from both Mars' surface and atmosphere.

This isn't proof that Mars used to harbor life, but it does help support that hypothesis.

This research proves that Mars used to have quite a lot of surface water.

Wherever humans go, trash follows.

We should not be surprised that some of the innumerable rocks on Mars have weird shapes, because many have been ...

Everything we need to build stuff would already be available on Mars.

The magnitude 5 quake might only shake a glass of water here on Earth, but it's a big deal on ...

From its birds' eye view, Ingenuity is offering precious information.

Turns out, nuclear power isn't actually the best option for supplying a settlement on Mars with energy.

Study compared solar with nuclear, which had previously been suggested as the best option

Scientists have come up with some pretty inventive ways to produce interstellar drugs -- because astronauts will likely need them.

The first recordings of sound on Mars are not what you'd expect.

Russia was a major partner of the ExoMars mission. But due to the war, the European Space Agency will now ...

We now know what to order in that fancy Martian restaurant.

Red Planet? More like Purple Planet.

A new algorithm could change the Mars orbiter game.

Water ice is rare close to the Martian equator, but scientists have now found a boatload.

The findings bring us a step closer to finding signs of past habitability on the red planet.

To boldly sow where no man has sown before.

These things were huge!

The little helicopter that could.

The rover arrived in February on the Red Planet

The mission seems to be going according to plan.

It's still pretty neat... but not as exciting as water.

Our first Mars helicopter is busy growing into its own.

Earthquakes passing through the planet's depths reveal bits about its structure -- but we're just scratching the surface.

Thanks to NASA's InSight Mars mission we now have a good picture of the interior of another planet.

Ingenuity took a daring shortcut on its record-breaking 9th flight on the Red Planet.

The rover will study the topography, geology and atmosphere of the red planet

China is the only country after the U.S. to successfully land a rover on Mars.

After the first return flights, now it's time to start exploring Mars!

NASA's new Mars rover is marking one milestone after the other, paving the way for human exploration of Mars.

It's got all space enthusiasts giddy -- and for good reason.

Ingenuity will have 30 days to operate before Perseverance gets back on it mission

Not being tectonically active has its drawbacks.

It's similar to how these clouds form on Earth only on a massive scale.