Mars
Get Your Mars (and HiRISE) Fix With Over 600 New Images
[/caption] Mmmm, Mars. And lots of it, too! The team from one of our all-time favorite scientific instruments, the HiRISE…
Ice Caves Possible on Mars
[/caption] New results published in the journal Icarus suggest that caves on Mars may provide future astronauts with more than…
New Mars Maps Show Evidence of Ancient Lakes
[/caption] Was the expansive Hellas Basin on Mars at one time a giant lake? A new geologic mapping project shows…
Mars Gets Autotuned!
You've probably seen "A Glorious Dawn" -- the autotune wonder that allowed Carl Sagan to sing to us. The Symphony…
Crew Embarks on 520-Day Mock Mission to Mars
[/caption] Six men from Europe, Russia and China embarked on a 520-day mock mission to Mars, heading out to a…
Spirit Rover Still Providing New Evidence for Past Water on Mars
[/caption] Even though the Mars Rover Spirit is asleep, a new look at old data from one of her instruments…
Mars Webcam Provides Astronaut-like View of Red Planet
What would it be like to approach Mars in a spacecraft? In one of the coolest movies ever, we now…
Mars Polar Cap Mystery Solved
[/caption] The shape of the two-mile-tall Texas-sized ice cap at the north pole of Mars has puzzled scientists for forty…
Phoenix Mission Tribute Video
Here's a great video from JPL that shows mission highlights and initial science findings from the Phoenix Mars Lander. Farewell,…
New Image Shows Phoenix Lander’s Solar Panel is Missing
[/caption] The Phoenix lander will not be phoning home. A new image of Phoenix taken this month by the HiRISE…