Insight Lander
Mars is Spinning Faster and Faster
Before it retired, NASA's Mars Insight Lander sent home detailed data about the rotation of Mars. From these data, planetary…
Mars Lacks a Planet-Wide Magnetosphere, but it Does Have Pockets of Magnetism
China's Zhurong rover measured the magnetic environment on Mars, which is helping scientists narrow down when its global magnetic field…
Mars Has a Thick Crust. Its Internal Heat Mainly Comes from Radioactivity
How thick is the crust of Mars? This question is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters attempted…
An Earthworm Robot Could Help Us Explore Other Worlds
Evolution is a problem-solver, and one of the problems it solved in many different ways is locomotion. Birds fly. Fish…
Ingenuity is Doing Surprisingly Well
After months of extreme cold, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter appears to be back in working order.
Mars Ingenuity Kicks up a Surprising Amount of Dust Every Time it Lands
Based on all the dust Ingenuity helicopter kicked up, a team of researchers has completed the first real-world study of…
This Will Probably Be InSight’s Last Picture Before it Runs Out of Power Forever
The InSight lander might have transmitted its last picture from the surface of Mars. It looks like the lander is…
There's a Giant Magma Plume on Mars, Bulging the Surface out Across a Vast Region
Scientists find more evidence that a magma plume could exist beneath Elysium Planitia, proving Mars might still be volcanically active
Mars is Mostly Dead. There's Still Magma Inside, so it's Slightly Alive
NASA's InSight lander has detected many marsquakes coming from the same region, which could mean that the Red Planet still…
Mars InSight Doesn’t Find any Water ice Within 300 Meters Under its Feet
Space science doesn't always go as planned. Sometimes when scientists think they've made a remarkable discovery that will make human…