“It’s exciting to explore a new option for the making of Phobos and Deimos.” An illustration of the Red Planet’s two moons, Phobos and Deimos, in orbit around Mars. (Image credit: NASA) Computer simulations suggest that Mars’ puzzling moons, Phobos and
Early tests of remotely operating robotics with an eye to employing them on the moon have been promising. Future moon rovers could be teleoperated from Earth. (Image credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter) Teleoperated rovers could soon be working on the moon, with
‘We believe that dusty Martian ice exposures in the mid-latitudes represent the most easily accessible places to search for Martian life today.’ Images of the Red Planet taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona.) The conditions needed
View of the InSight’s seismometer on the Martian surface, in one of the last images taken by NASA’s InSight Mars lander, on December 11, 2022. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights SINGAPORE, Aug 13 (Reuters) – A study released Monday using
“We believe that water, and a lot of it, once existed here.” An image of the region of Mars called Caralis Chaos, where copious water is thought to have once existed in the form of an ancient lake. (Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU
“On Earth, these types of features in rocks are often associated with the fossilized record of microbes living in the subsurface.” NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered a rock on Mars that may have once hosted microbial life. The rock, nicknamed
Artificial intelligence is helping scientists to identify minerals within rocks studied by the Perseverance rover. Some scientists dream of exploring planets with “smart” spacecraft that know exactly what data to look for, where to find it, and how to analyze
Four scientists emerged to cheers and applause on Saturday after spending 378 days in isolation, simulating a mission to Mars in NASA’s “Martian” habitat in Houston, Texas. Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones and team leader Kelly Haston conducted “Marswalks” and
We analyzed what’s visible in the video. Here’s a little walkthrough. A snaking scar on Mars. (Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin) New images published by the European Space Agency have captured a 600-kilometer-long (373-mile-long) snaking scar on Mars’ surface in greater detail than ever
“The goal of terraforming is to intentionally create an entire ecosystem on a global scale, which would more than likely destroy any existing ecosystem.” A visualization of what Mars might look like over time, if humans managed to terraform the