Impact Crater Studies Reveal Mars Water Ran Deep
By studying rocks blasted out of impact craters, ESA’s Mars Express has found evidence that underground water persisted at depth for prolonged periods during the first…
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Houston Workshop Marks Key Step in Forging a New Mars Strategy in the Coming Decades
A recent workshop conducted for NASA by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, marked a key step in the agency’s effort to forge a…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Team Aims to Land Closer to Prime Science Site
NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August. The car-sized rover will arrive…
Read the articleFollowing an Appeal, NASA Receives Widespread Concepts for Future Mars Missions
NASA’s call to scientists and engineers to help plan a new strategy to explore Mars has resulted in almost double the amount of expected submissions with…
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Mars Meteorites Show Strong Evidence of Reduced Carbon, a Key Ingredient for the Building Blocks of Life
NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building…
Read the articleMars Reconnaissance Orbiter Revealed Movement in Sand Dune Fields on Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red Planet occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same…
Read the articleMars Express Sees Signs of Flowing Water on Ancient Mars
ESA’s Mars Express has returned images of a region on the Red Planet that appears to have been sculpted in part by flowing liquid. This again…
Read the articleMars’ Pit Chains – a Possible Place for Life?
The latest images released from ESA’s Mars Express reveal a series of ‘pit-chains’ on the flanks of one of the largest volcanoes in the Solar System.…
Read the articleMars Express Radar Provides Strong Evidence for a Former Ocean on Mars
ESA’s Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once covering part of Mars. Using radar, it has detected sediments reminiscent of an ocean floor…
Read the articlePossible Auroras This Weekend
Active sunspot 1401 erupted yesterday, Jan. 19th, for more than an hour around 16:00 UT. The long-duration blast produced an M3-class solar flare and a Coronal…
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