There’s a reason Jezero Crater was chosen as the landing site for the Perseverance Rover: it is considered one of…
Facial pareidolia is the human tendency or illusion of seeing facial structures in an everyday objects – such as seeing…
For the first time, a spacecraft has detected acoustic and seismic waves from impacts on Mars. NASA’s InSight lander made…
This interesting image from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a field of fascinating dunes called barchan…
Because of the orbiters and landers that have studied Mars over the years, scientists have learned that water ice is…
Pit craters are found on solid bodies throughout our Solar System, including Earth, Venus, the Moon, and Mars. These craters…
When NASA sent the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to the red planet in 2006, the spacecraft took an instrument with…
From orbit, this landscape on Mars looks like a lacy honeycomb or a spider web. But the unusual polygon-shaped features…
Changes are always taking place on Mars, from factors like seasonal variations and wind. But there’s one other aspect that…
NASA has granted mission extensions to eight different planetary missions, citing the continued excellent operations of the spacecraft, but more…