NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects Martian Regolith Samples
In the image above, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is collecting two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – with a regolith sampling bit…
In the image above, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is collecting two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – with a regolith sampling bit…
Scientists have made history by recording the first audio of an extraterrestrial whirlwind on Mars, thanks to the microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover. The study,…
A new study has found that Mars was covered by 300-meter-deep oceans. Mars is known for its reddish hue, but it is believed that the…
By studying seismic and orbital data from two major meteorite impacts in late 2021, the international teams of NASA’s InSight and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter missions…
The quake lasted four hours and identified layering in the crust that could indicate a meteoroid impact. The 4.7 magnitude temblor happened in May 2022…
Cube-shaped snow, icy landscapes, and frost are all part of the Red Planet’s coldest season. When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into…
After more than four years on the Red Planet, NASA mission managers have concluded that the solar-powered InSight lander has run out of energy. NASA’s…
The sample tube, which is filled with rock, will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that the Mars Sample Return campaign could…
The ten sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface contain an astounding variety of the planet’s geology, which will one day be analyzed on Earth….
We have known for a while that the end was near for NASA’s Mars InSight lander, as the spacecraft’s power supply continued to dwindle from…
New research publishes first data on the Red Planet’s magnitude 4.7 quake that occurred earlier this year. Late on the Earth night of May 4,…
Mars 2020 Perseverance mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the Red Planet and engineers…
These craters provide fascinating clues regarding the formation and evolution of the planet’s interior and atmosphere. Four new craters created by impacts on the surface…
Advanced 2D-3D insights into Earth’s oldest stromatolites. The oldest morphological traces of life on Earth are sometimes very controversial, both because non-biological processes may generate…
Researchers have observed seismic waves traveling throughout the surface of a planet other than Earth for the first time after two large meteorite impacts on…
Giant Mantle Plume Reveals Mars Is More Active Than Previously Thought Orbital observations unveil the presence of an enormous mantle plume pushing the surface of…
Mars Megatsunami May Have Been Caused by Chicxulub-Like Asteroid Impact A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub…
Early Mars might have been a warm version of modern Titan and at least as promising, if not more promising, as a location for the…