Mars
Crater Ahoy! Mars Rover Gets First Glimpse of Faraway Destination
[/caption] The journey seems almost impossible and endless for the Opportunity rover, heading through the dunes of Meridiani Planum on…
Google Earth Now ‘Live From Mars’
[/caption] Google Earth announced a big update today of its Mars features, including a chance to see a continuous stream…
Mars Odyssey Survives Risky Reboot
[/caption] NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter was successfully rebooted today, to thwart any potential future problems with memory corruption of its…
Phoenix Team Divided: Are the Mars Liquid Water Observations a “Matter of Belief”?
[/caption] Last month, it was announced that in the few days after the landing of the Phoenix lander in May…
HiRISE Nabs Deimos
[/caption] Don't panic – its only Deimos. But what an image this is of the smaller moon of Mars! HiRISE…
A Bizarre View From HiRISE: The Melting Volcano
[/caption] This image is probably more suited to Nancy's "Where In The Universe" series, but judging by the resolution and…
New Theory: Olympus Mons Could Harbor Water, Life on Mars
Olympus Mons is the latest hotspot in the hunt for habitable zones on Mars. The Martian volcano is about three times…
Opportunity, the Dune Buggy: HiRISE Watches the Rover’s Trek
[/caption] Its pictures like these that put the Mars Program into perspective for me. We have two operational rovers that…
Mars Gullies From Snow and Ice Melt “Relatively Recent”
[/caption] A new study of gullies seen on Mars provides evidence that water flowed recently on the Red Planet, at…