Life on Mars: Ancient Bacteria Might Lurk Beneath Mars’ Surface
A new study finds the chances of uncovering life on Mars are better than previously expected. Researchers simulated Mars’ harsh ionizing radiation conditions to see…
A new study finds the chances of uncovering life on Mars are better than previously expected. Researchers simulated Mars’ harsh ionizing radiation conditions to see…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying. After trekking this summer through a…
The experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact like a car’s crumple zone. NASA has successfully landed spacecraft on Mars nine times,…
A potential hazard for any space mission, including NASA’s Mars Sample Return, is micrometeorites. These tiny rocks can travel up to 50 miles per second…
Astronomers explain Mars’ watery reflections. Bright reflections under Mars’ South Pole’s surface, according to Cornell University astronomers, are more likely to be the result of…
Early in its history, the red planet would have likely been habitable to methanogens – microbes that make a living in extreme habitats on Earth…
InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible. Recently, NASA’s InSight mission, which is expected to…
Footage from the Mars helicopter’s navigation camera reveals a small piece of foreign object debris (FOD). During a portion of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s 33rd…
Last week, NASA published a revised version of its Moon to Mars objectives, forming a blueprint for shaping exploration throughout the solar system. These guideposts…
NASA’s InSight “Hears” Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars SEIS, the Mars lander’s seismometer, has picked up vibrations from four separate impacts in the past…
On September 5, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured its first images and spectra of Mars. The powerful telescope provides a unique perspective with its…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain The most recent discoveries provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a…
This model may serve as the basis for future investigation into how well the human cardiovascular system can tolerate prolonged space travel and life on…
Day and night, and across seasons, the instrument reliably generates breathable oxygen from the Red Planet’s thin atmosphere. Nearly 100 million miles from Earth, on…
The Mars rover found that Jezero Crater’s floor is made up of volcanic rocks that have interacted with water. NASA scientists got a big surprise…
A new map of Mars is altering our perception of the planet’s watery past, and indicating potential landing sites for future missions. The map shows…
Converting carbon dioxide into oxygen and producing fuels, fertilizers on the red planet using a plasma-based method. A plasma-based way to produce and separate oxygen…
Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments. A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has uncovered a couple…