NASA’s Curiosity finds surprise clues to Mars’ watery past
Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be...
NASA’s Curiosity finds another metal meteorite on Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is going about its business exploring Mars.
The high-tech rover is currently exploring the sulphate-bearing unit on Mt. Sharp, the central...
Souped up Hall thrusters might get people to Mars
Running more propellant through a Hall thruster might power a crewed mission to Mars, experiments suggest.
It was believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind...
Largest earthquake on Mars revealed possible past meteoroid impact
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...
Mars is not a dead planet. It’s more active than previously thought
Mars, like Earth and Venus, possesses an active interior, which challenges current views on the evolution of the red planet.
Mars once had enough water for a planet-wide ocean 300 meters deep, shows study
Today, Mars is colloquially known as the “Red Planet” on a count of how its dry, dusty landscape is rich in iron oxide (aka....
Mars was covered by a 300-meter-deep ocean 4.5 billion years ago
When Mars was a young planet, it was bombarded by ice asteroids delivering water and organic molecules necessary for life to emerge.
This means...
Early crust on Mars is more complex than thought
Early crust on Mars may be more complex than previously thought—and it may even be similar to our own planet’s original crust.
The Martian surface...
Scientists use deep planetary scan to confirm Martian core?
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to...
Two major meteorite impacts reveal new insights about Martian crust
Following two large meteorite impacts on Mars, near-surface seismic waves have been recorded for the first time on a planet other than Earth.
The...