MRO

First Color Image of Curiosity’s Tracks from Orbit

HiRISE image of Curiosity's tracks, landing zone and the MSL rover at John Klein outcrop (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) As Curiosity…

11 years ago

Giant Spiders on Mars!

Eek, spiders! All right, so it's not actually little green arachnids we're talking about here, but they are definitely spidery…

11 years ago

What Curiosity Looks Like From 200 Kilometers Up

Here's a look down at Curiosity from the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, orbiting approximately  200 km (125…

12 years ago

Ice Sculptures Fill The Deepest Parts of Mars

[/caption] One of the "weirdest and least understood" areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms…

12 years ago

MRO Spots Martian Dunes in Motion

[/caption] The benefit of long-term observations from orbit became evident today with the release of images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance…

12 years ago

Proof! Bio Station Alpha is Just an Image Artifact

[/caption] It’s time for another episode of “Conspiracy Theory of the Week.” This one involves a supposed secret space station…

13 years ago

Mars’ Underground Atmosphere

[/caption] Scientists have spotted an underground reservoir near Mars' south pole the size of Lake Superior… except that this lake…

13 years ago

From Mars with Love on Valentines Day

[/caption] Happy Valentine’s Day from Mars to all the readers of Universe Today ! Well it’s truly a solar system…

13 years ago

Bulls-Eye on Mars and, Apparently, an Industrial Complex

[/caption] Here's some doses of coolness and craziness for your Friday. This top image is one of the latest from…

14 years ago

Evidence for Past Water on Mars Keeps Flowing, This Time from Glaciers

[/caption] No sooner do we post one article about water on Mars when it's time for another. Planetary scientists have…

14 years ago