NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views ‘Spiders’ from Mars
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap…
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Ice Block Avalanche
One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North Polar layered deposits. This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance…
Once in a Blue Dune, MRO Views Lyot Crater
Sand dunes often accumulate in the floors of craters. In this region of Lyot Crater, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows a field of classic…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Captures New Image of an Impact Crater
This HiRISE image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a new, dated (within about a decade) impact crater that triggered a slope streak. When…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views Strange Formations
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a close-up of a trough, along with channels draining into the depression. Some HiRISE images show strange-looking formations….
NASA Celebrates Pi Day With MRO Crater Image
Craters can tell scientists a lot about the surfaces of planets, moons, and other bodies. Just by determining how circular a given crater is –…
Nearly a Decade Later, NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander is Still Visible on the Surface of Mars
A recent view from Mars orbit of the site where NASA’s Phoenix Mars mission landed on far-northern Mars nearly a decade ago shows that dust…
MRO Provides a Unique View of Streaks Forming on the Slopes of Mars
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows streaks forming on slopes when dust cascades downhill. The dark streak is an area of less…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views Tadpole Shaped Crater on Mars
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows an impact crater looking amusingly like a tadpole because of the valley that was carved by…
New HiRISE Image of Mars Shows Eroded Layers in Shalbatana Valles
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows layers, probably sedimentary in origin, that have undergone extensive erosion in Shalbatana Valles, a prominent…
MRO Links Global Dust Storms to Martian Atmosphere Loss
Some Mars experts are eager and optimistic for a dust storm this year to grow so grand it darkens skies around the entire Red Planet….
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views Faults in Northern Meridiani Planum
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) of northern Meridiani Planum shows faults that have disrupted layered deposits. Some of the faults produced a…
MRO Views Honeycomb-Textured Landforms in Ancient Impact Basin on Mars
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) targets a portion of a group of honeycomb-textured landforms in northwestern Hellas Planitia, which is part of…
MRO Shows That Recurring Martian Streaks Are Flowing Sand, Not Water
Seasonal dark streaks on Mars that previously were described as possible signs of flowing water have steep slopes that are better matched to dry flow…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Squiggles in Hellas Planitia
This newly released image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a small central portion of Hellas Planitia and shows a dune field with lots of…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views a Window into the Past
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) views layered sedimentary deposits on the surface of Mars. The layered sedimentary deposits inside the giant canyons of Mars have…
MRO Image Shows Where Martian Sand is Produced
Using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), astronomers examine a possible place where sand grains are being produced on Mars today. This image from NASA’s Mars…
New Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life
Scientists discover evidence of ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars, revealing an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin of life…
