Scientists unveil a 5.7 terapixel global image of Mars
A planet-spanning online image of Mars created at a scale of 5 meters per pixel was unveiled today.
The image is freely available to the...
Scientists discover remnants of relict glacier near the equator on Mars
If there is still water ice preserved at shallow depths at a low latitude on Mars, there would be implications for science and human...
Robots on Mars could steal a trick from Hansel and Gretel
Researchers have developed technology that would allow a flock of robots to explore subsurface environments on other worlds.
“Lava tubes and caves would make perfect...
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...
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 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...