Mars
Fly Over the Potential Landing Sites For Next Mars Rover (Video)
Hang on and take a bird's eye look at the four different proposed landing sites for the Mars Science Lab!…
Mars Rover Has a New Name
[/caption] The Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, now has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade…
More Researchers Say Liquid Water Present on Mars Now
[/caption] Finding perchlorates on Mars was not only surprising for the Phoenix lander science team, it also has created a…
Opportunity Reveals Long-time Water, Winds at Victoria
A sizable collaboration of researchers has unveiled an enormous set of data from NASA's Opportunity rover today -- data that…
A Cold and Wet History on Early Mars?
[/caption] Even if an early Mars never got above freezing, the brine on its surface could have stayed liquid…
Spirit Rover Stuck in “Difficult Situation”
[/caption] Of all the perilous situations and technological issues the two Mars rovers dealt with, soft soil wasn't tops on…
‘Dalmatian’ Volcano, Opportunity Rover and Other New Images from HiRISE
[/caption] Malea Patera isn't the name of one of the One Hundred and One Dalmatians, but it is the designation…
Was Mars’ Magnetic Field Blasted Away?
[/caption] Spacecraft orbiting Mars have found only weak magnetic fields present in various regions of the Red Planet. These fields…
NASA Selects New Projects to Study Mars and Mercury
[/caption] Making good on its promise to work together with other space agencies, NASA has selected two science instruments that…
Opportunity Finds Young Crater on Mars
[/caption] The two Mars Exploration Rovers have both seen their fair share of craters in their five years on Mars.…