How methane could be appearing and disappearing on Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has brought to light one of the most baffling discoveries on Mars—the presence of methane gas in Gale Crater.
This finding...
NASA is building an electrodynamic shield to deal with all that dust on the...
Exploration of the Moon or other dusty environments comes with challenges. The lunar surface is covered in material known as regolith and its a...
Did an ancient icy impactor create the Martian moons
The Martian moons Phobos and Deimos are oddballs.
While other Solar System moons are round, Mars’ moons are misshapen and lumpy like potatoes.
They’re more like...
Curiosity rover searches for new clues about Mars’ ancient water
NASA's Curiosity rover has begun exploring a new region of Mars, one that could reveal more about when liquid water disappeared once and for...
An asteroid found sharing the orbit of Mars
Astronomers discovered another asteroid sharing Mars’ orbit.
These types of asteroids are called trojans, and they orbit in two clumps, one ahead of and one...
Mars’ Gale crater had water longer than thought
In a new discovery, scientists led by Imperial College London have uncovered evidence suggesting that water existed on Mars within the Gale crater long...
One impact on Mars produced more than two billion secondary craters
There are plenty of craters on Mars, especially when compared to Earth.
That is primarily thanks to the lack of weathering forces and strong plate...
Gravity from Mars has an effect on earth’s oceans
We are all too familiar of the Moon’s effect on our planet. It’s relentless tug causes our tides but even Mars, which is always...
Scientists find giant volcano on Mars
In a recent exciting update from the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, scientists shared a remarkable discovery on Mars.
They...
How Startups on earth could blaze a trail for cities on Mars
If future explorers manage to set up communities on Mars, how will they pay their way? What’s likely to be the Red Planet’s primary...