Mars Is Like Hawaii – at Least in Some Respects!
New results from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity show that the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. The…
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The Grandest Canyon in the Solar System
Earth’s Grand Canyon inspires awe for anyone who casts eyes upon the vast river-cut valley, but it would seem nothing more than a scratch next to…
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Curiosity Examines Pyramidal Mars Rock That Resembles Unusual Rocks From Earth’s Interior
The first Martian rock NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than expected from previous missions. The rock also resembles…
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Mars Express Images Icy Beauty of Argyre Basin
On 8 June, the high-resolution stereo camera on Mars Express captured a region within the 1800 km-wide and 5 km-deep Argyre basin, which was created by…
Read the articleCuriosity Mars Rover Checks in Using Foursquare Mobile Application
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare. This marks the first check-in on another planet. Users on Foursquare can…
Read the articleOpportunity Mars Rover Investigates Matijevic Hill
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity, well into its ninth year on Mars, will work for the next several weeks or months at a site with some of…
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NASA Mars Rover News: Ancient Streambed News Conference
NASA hosted a news conference on September 27, 2012 to present science findings from the Curiosity rover’s mission to Mars’ Gale Crater. Video streaming by Ustream…
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Ancient Streambed Found on Mars by Curiosity Rover
NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence…
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Adam Steltzner doesn’t sound much like an ordinary engineer. For instance, when we asked him if he would talk about Curiosity—and explain why the Mars rover…
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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has driven up to a football-size rock that will be the first for the rover’s arm to examine. Curiosity is about 8…
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