Mars

Large Amounts of Water Ice Found Underground on Mars

[/caption] Many models predict that water ice shouldn't be stable on Mars today, anywhere beyond the poles, no matter how…

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Does Water Ice Lurk Beneath the Poles of Vesta ?

[/caption] The mysterious asteroid Vesta may well have more surprises in store. Despite past observations that Vesta would be nearly…

12 years ago

NASA’s Resilient Rover Opportunity Begins Year 9 On Mars with Audacious Science Ahead

[/caption] Today, the resilient Opportunity robot begins her 9th year roving around beautifully Earth-like Martian terrain where potentially life sustaining…

12 years ago

Few Details in ESA’s Report on Phobos-Grunt Re-Entry

[/caption] A week and a half after the re-entry of Russia’s Phobos–Grunt probe, experts have now made an official statement…

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8 Years on Mars: Downloadable Rover Poster

8 years ago today, January 24, the Opportunity rover landed on Mars. In what has become a tradition, Stu Atkinson…

12 years ago

Opportunity arrives at Greeley Haven – 5th Winter Haven Worksite on Mars

[/caption] NASA’s seemingly indestructible Opportunity rover has arrived at the breathtaking location where she’ll be working through her unfathomable 5th…

12 years ago

Rocks From Mars

[/caption] Scientists studying life on Mars got a late Christmas present this year: confirmation that meteorites found in Morocco in…

12 years ago

India has Red Planet Fever

[/caption] Mars fever has gripped India. In a recent report from the Planetary Science and Exploration conference that was held…

12 years ago

Doomed Phobos-Grunt Mars Mission Destructively Plunges to Earth

[/caption] Story and Crash Zone Map updated 1 p.m. EST Jan 16 Today (Jan. 15) was the last day of…

12 years ago