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Mars Reconaissance Orbiter

New Analysis of Clay Deposits in Ancient Martian Lakes

March 15, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Mars was once a much wetter world than it is now, with hot springs, rivers, lakes and perhaps even oceans. Just how wet exactly, and for how long, is still a subject of considerable debate. One vital clue comes from clay [...]

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Does Mars Still Shake, Rattle and Roll?

March 12, 2012

Compared to Earth, Mars is a relatively quiet planet, geologically speaking. Actually, very quiet, as in pretty much dead. While it has volcanoes much larger than any here, they have been inactive for a very long time; the latest studies suggest however that volcanic activity may have continued until only a matter of millions of years ago. [...]

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Huge Dust Devil on Mars Captured in Action

March 7, 2012

Mars orbiters, rovers and landers have all captured devils in action before. But this latest shot is a whopper (to speak in the vernacular of the peasantry…*) – not to mention incredibly awesome! The HiRISE camera (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken an image of an afternoon whirlwind on [...]

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Mars Reconaissance Orbiter

March 18, 2011

The Mars Reconaissance orbiter is NASA’s Mars’s space probe mission to mars launched with the purpose of finding evidence of liquid water on Mars and the history of water on the planet. The mission was launched August 12, 2005 and arrived at Mars March 10, 2006. The craft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force [...]

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