Mars
Russia Will Send Life to Phobos
[/caption] How ironic. Not content with searching for life on Mars, the Russian space agency and the US-based Planetary Society…
MRO Goes Into Safe Mode
[/caption] NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter unexpectedly rebooted its computer Monday morning, Feb. 23, and put itself into a limited-activity mode,…
Arizona Scientist: We Could All Be Martians
[/caption] As long as we’re still pondering human origins, we may as well entertain the idea that our ancestor microbes…
NASA Funds Development of Mars Balloon
[/caption] A future Mars mission could include instruments attached to balloons, providing the capability to study places where rovers can't…
New HiRISE Images: Winter Turning to Spring in Mars’ Southern Hemisphere
[/caption] If you've never seen the "Springtime on Mars 2020" video, its a fun (if not Wall-E-ish) view of what…
Has Liquid Water Been Detected On Mars?
[/caption] Liquid water may have been discovered by the late Phoenix Mars Lander. This astonishing (and controversial) claim comes from…
Could Living Organisms Be Hiding Inside Olympus Mons?
[/caption] From orbit, Olympus Mons dominates the landscape of the Tharsis region on Mars. At 24 kilometers (15 miles) high,…
New Theory: Bizarre Martian Deposits from Vast Ice at Equator
[/caption] Ice core from Mars? Not quite. But this aggregation of soil grains, from Antarctica ice, derived from the same…
More Ancient Hot Springs Discovered on Mars?
[/caption] In March 2007, the Spirit rover found a patch of bright-colored soil rich in silica. Scientists proposed water must…
Cleaning Event Boosts Spirit’s Power Levels; Oppy Back on the Road
[/caption] Great news about the both Mars Exploration Rovers! Spirit's dusty solar panels have been cleaned by a wind event,…