Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
This Is a Collapsed Pit on Mars, Not a Pimple
Mars has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. With the historic landing of the Perseverance…
A Lake in a Martian Crater was Once Filled by Glacial Runoff
Using images obtained by the MRO, a team of researchers has found features on Mars that were formed billions of…
Frosty Sand Dunes on Mars
Sand dunes on Mars are fascinating. They shift and move in different ways than they do on Earth, and they…
A Single Dust Devil on Mars
Mars has a great combination of dust and wind. The result of that combination is often dust devils. The HiRISE…
Perseverance’s Landing … Seen From Orbit!
The HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has done it again. The imaging team was able to capture the…
How Old is the Ice at Mars’ North Pole?
Using data from the MRO's HiRISE camera, a team of researchers from UC Boulder have provided a starting point for…
You Know it’s Spring on Mars When the Carbon Dioxide is Starting to Sublimate
The northern hemisphere of Mars is beginning to thaw from winter. But for the red planet, that doesn't mean that…
Mars is Still an Active World. Here’s a Landslide in Nili Fossae
A image released by the MRO mission shows a landslide near the location where the Perseverance rover will land, illustrating…
Layers Upon Layers of Rock in Candor Chasma on Mars
In many ways, Mars is the planet that is most similar to the Earth. The red world has polar ice…
Summer is Dust Devil Time on Mars
Just like Earth, Mars undergoes seasonal changes due to its axial tilt. And while summer heat on Mars can’t compare…