NASA’s Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere.…
Read the articleNASA has narrowed to four the number of potential landing sites for the agency’s next mission to the surface of Mars, a 2016 lander to study…
Read the articleThe larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, passes directly in front of the other, Deimos, in a new series of sky-watching images from NASA’s…
Read the articleIt’s been almost a year (anniversary is on Aug. 6) since the Curiosity Rover touched down on Mars. In the last year, we’ve seen jaw-dropping full-color panoramas…
Read the articleFirst it was fresh toboggan tracks on Mars, now it’s evidence that it snowed there, albeit a billion years ago. Rather than water bubbling up from…
Read the articleGlide through part of the largest canyon on Mars, Valles Marineris, in this stunning colour movie from ESA’s Mars Express. Valles Marineris is not just the…
Read the articleWith the help of rover Curiosity, we now know that ancient Mars had large quantities of liquid water flowing across its surface. However, evidence for large…
Read the articleThe rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate…
Read the articleHundreds of individual lava flows are seen frozen in time on the flanks of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System. The images, taken…
Read the articleWhen NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity blasted off from Cape Canaveral in 2003, many onlookers expected a relatively short mission. Landing on Mars is risky business. The…
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