Indirect Evidence of Transient Liquid Water on Mars
New calculations indicate favorable conditions for small quantities of brine to form during some nights throughout the year on Mars. The possibility for liquid brines…
Mars News
NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Completes 1,000th Orbit around Mars
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft completed 1,000 orbits around the Red Planet on April 6, four-and-a-half months into its one-year primary mission….
Satellite Observations Reveal Glaciers of Frozen Water on Mars
Using satellite data, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute have observed the shape of glaciers just below the surface of Mars. New studies have now…
HiRISE Images Reveal the Fading Scars of Mars Rover Landing
A series of observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show how dark blast zones from the Curiosity rover have faded inconsistently. The High Resolution Imaging…
A Geologic History of an Ancient Martian Lake System in Jezero Crater
Using NASA data, researchers from Brown University created a geologic history of flowing water on the surface of Mars. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) —…
NASA Announces Progress on Asteroid Redirect Mission & Future Expeditions to Deep Space
In a new press release, NASA details its Asteroid Redirect Mission and reveals that it has increased the detection of near-Earth asteroids by 65 percent…
Curiosity Finds Evidence of Nitrates on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered evidence of nitrates in scooped samples of windblown sand and dust at the “Rocknest” site, providing further evidence that the…
MAVEN Spacecraft Detects Aurora and Mysterious Dust Cloud around Mars
New research being presented at the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference details the discovery of an unexplained high-altitude dust cloud and aurora that reaches…
Curiosity Rover Delivers Rock Powder Sample
After a temporary delay, the Curiosity Mars rover used its robotic arm to sieve and deliver a rock-powder sample to an onboard instrument. The Chemistry…
New Isotopic Measurements Reveal Mars Once Had More Water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean
New measurements by researchers at NASA reveal that an ocean once covered approximately twenty percent of the Martian surface, making Mars is considerably wetter than…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Drills at ‘Telegraph Peak’
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a small hole on February 24 to collect sample powder from inside a rock target called “Telegraph Peak,” which is…
MAVEN Spacecraft Completes First Deep Dip Campaign of Martian Atmosphere
NASA’S MAVEN spacecraft has completed its first deep-dip maneuver, gathering measurements closer to the top of the lower atmosphere of Mars. NASA’S Mars Atmosphere and…
An Extremely High Altitude Plume on Mars
In a newly published study, scientists from the Planetary Sciences Group of the UPV/EHU-University are studying images of a mysterious bulge that rose up from…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Completes 40,000 Mars Orbits
Launched in 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has now orbited the Red Planet more than 40,000 times. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passed a mission milestone…
Small Helicopter Could Improve the Exploration of Mars
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working on a small helicopter that could ‘scout’ a trail for future Mars rovers. Getting around on Mars…
Curiosity Rover Marks 11th Anniversary with Hilltop Panorama
In celebration of its 11th anniversary on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this panorama view from the top of “Cape Tribulation.” A panorama from one…
Mars Express Image Shows Chasms and Cliffs on Mars
This Mars Express image shows a region of Mars filled with cliffs, trenches, faults, giant plateaus, and volcanoes. Although Mars is a very alien planet,…
Martian Rock Reveals a Record of the Planet’s Climate
New research on a Martian rock reveals a record of the planet’s climate billions of years ago, back when water likely washed across its surface…
