Showcasing Mars
From the highest volcano to the deepest canyon, from impact craters to ancient river beds and lava flows, this showcase of images from ESA’s Mars Express…
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How NASA Deals With the Deluge of ‘Big Data’ From Space
For NASA and its dozens of missions, data pour in every day like rushing rivers. Spacecraft monitor everything from our home planet to faraway galaxies, beaming…
Read the articleHebes Chasma and the Scars on Mars
Ripped apart by tectonic forces, Hebes Chasma and its neighbouring network of canyons bear the scars of the Red Planet’s early history. ESA’s Mars Express has…
Read the articleDiverse Landing Area of NASA Mars Rover Provides Many Clues About Mars
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.…
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Four Candidate Landing Sites for 2016 Mars Mission Identified by NASA
NASA 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…
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Comet ISON Is Paying a Visit to the Red Planet
Around the world, astronomers are buzzing with anticipation over the approach of Comet ISON. On Thanksgiving Day 2013, the icy visitor from the outer solar system…
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Found: Strongest Evidence Yet for a Martian Coastline
With 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 articleGoals Outlined for NASA’s 2020 Mars Rover
The 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…
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Opportunity Mars Rover Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Its Launch
When 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…
Read the articleThe First Billion-Pixel Image of Mars
A billion-pixel view from the surface of Mars, from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, offers armchair explorers a way to examine one part of the Red Planet…
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