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Mars remains bright in the sky after its closest approach to Earth since 2003. Through a telescope, surface features remain obscured by a dust storm that continues to envelop the planet. Curiosity Rover The Curiosity Rover celebrated…

That explanation might be consistent with one of the most surprising discoveries Curiosity has made while driving up Mount Sharp: Water seems to have come and gone in phases, rather than gradually disappearing as the planet grew…

That explanation might be consistent with one of the most surprising discoveries Curiosity has made while driving up Mount Sharp: Water seems to have come and gone in phases, rather than gradually disappearing as the planet grew drier.…

That explanation would be consistent with one of the most surprising discoveries Curiosity has made while driving up Mount Sharp: Water seems to have come and gone in phases, rather than gradually disappearing as the planet grew drier.…

Mars has two irregularly shaped moons, an inner moon named Phobos and an outer moon named DeimosNASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/Univ. of Arizona The two moons of Mars may once have been a single comet that was ensnared and…

Detailed Mars data analysis revealed the Noctis volcano. Detailed analysis of the altimetry of the region using NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Laser…

The Martian surface is heavily crateredStocktrek Images, Inc. / Alamy When a single small meteorite struck Mars a few million years ago, it didn’t just create one crater. It ultimately created billions of them. The…

Mars’ orbit has an impact on Earth’s oceans and climate in cycles of 2.4 million years, new research finds.NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration In an astonishing cosmic cycle that occurs…

Mars' orbit has an impact on Earth's oceans and climate in cycles of 2.4 million years, new research finds. NASA…

The planets are in a gravitational dance around the sunShutterstock/Johan Swanepoel The gravitational tug of Mars may be strong enough to stir up Earth’s ocean, shifting its sediments as part of a 2.4-million-year…

The surface morphologies of planetary bodies characterized by a rigid outer shell (e.g., terrestrial planets, icy and rocky natural satellites, etc.) are derived from the contribution and mutual competition of endogenous and exogenous…

Earlier this year, Madelyn Hoying, a PhD student in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, and Wing Lam (Nicole) Chan, an MIT senior in aeronautics and astronautics, were part of Crew 290 at…

Our existence is governed by natural cycles, from the daily rhythms of sleeping and eating, to longer patterns such as the turn of the seasons and the quadrennial round of leap years. After looking at seabed sediment stretching…

2 min read An undercover PETA investigation found that animals imprisoned at The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB) in Indiana were elderly, emaciated, sick, and being denied adequate veterinary care—but what does a Snickers bar have…

"Touch down confirmed." InSight set down on Mars on November 26. On board the lander is a highly sensitive seismometer meant to study marsquakes. On December 1 the seismometer recorded vibrations: vibrations caused by Martian wind. The…

InSight On November 26th, NASA's InSight successfully landed at Elysium Planitia near the Mars equator. The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured these images during a flyover. Shortly after landing, InSight…

As it trundles around an ancient lakebed on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is assembling a one-of-a-kind rock collection. The car-sized explorer is methodically drilling into the Red Planet’s surface and pulling…

A female robot is created to be the perfect girlfriend for her owner in Sierra Greer’s novel Annie BotAlamy Stock Photo From Adrian Tchaikovsky to Hao Jingfang and Natasha Pulley, a host of big science fiction names…

NASA is seeking applicants to participate in its next simulated one-year Mars surface mission to help inform the agency’s plans for human exploration of the Red Planet. The second of three planned ground-based missions called CHAPEA…

This prototype of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter achieved the first successful free flight under simulated Martian conditions (on Earth) in 2016.…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ljN7of50E The Ingenuity helicopter’s flying days are over. After an astonishing 72 flights over the course of nearly three years, the drone has sustained damage to one of…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ljN7of50E The Ingenuity helicopter’s flying days are over. After an astonishing 72 flights over the course of nearly three years, the drone has sustained damage to one of…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5akI5Rnyg NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter…

A photo of Ingenuity taken by the Perseverance rover in April 2023. The helicopter arrived on Mars attached to Perseverance in February 2021.…

However, about 3 feet (1 meter) above the surface, Ingenuity lost contact with the rover, which serves as a communications relay for the rotorcraft. The following day, communications were reestablished and more information about the…

NASA released on Tuesday the outcomes of its 2023 Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review, the agency’s process to build a roadmap for exploration of the solar system for the benefit of humanity. The Moon to Mars architecture approach…

Perseverance, which arrived at the Red Planet in 2021, is building on Curiosity’s success by collecting rock cores that could be brought to Earth to check for signs of ancient microbial life through the Mars Sample Return campaign, a…

Findings from a recently published paper led by Smithsonian senior scientist emeritus Thomas R. Watters reveal evidence that the deposits of the vast Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) may contain a significant volume of water ice. The…

The MAV launch will be accomplished using two solid rocket motors – SRM1 and SRM2. SRM1 will propel MAV away from the Red Planet’s surface, while SRM2 will spin MAV’s second stage to place the sample container in the correct Mars…

The MAV launch will be accomplished using two solid rocket motors – SRM1 and SRM2. SRM1 will propel MAV away from the Red Planet’s surface, while SRM2 will spin MAV’s second stage to place the sample container in the correct Mars orbit,…

The paper examined data from InSight’s first 900 Martian days – enough time to look for such variations. Scientists had their work cut out for them to eliminate sources of noise: Water slows radio signals, so moisture in the Earth’s…

The Ingenuity team is confident that the early landing was triggered when image frames from the helicopter’s navigation camera didn’t sync up as expected with data from the rotorcraft’s inertial measurement unit. The unit measures…

The Ingenuity team is confident that the early landing was triggered when image frames from the helicopter’s navigation camera didn’t sync up as expected with data from the rotorcraft’s inertial measurement unit. The unit measures…

Yogurt in space “Can Bulgarian yogurt enhance astronauts’ performance during the Mars missions?” ask Izabela Shopova, Diana Bogueva, Maria Yotova and Svetla Danova in their study of that name published in the…

Jackery Unveils Revolutionary Green Energy Innovations at CES 2024: Introducing Solar Generator Mars Bot and Solar Generator for Rooftop Tent LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackery, a global leader in innovative portable power…

Space science and engineering is a rapidly developing field that aims to explore the mysteries and potentials of the celestial bodies in our Solar System and beyond. In this Research Topic, we review some of the recent progress from…

"To be able to prove that a feature is biogenic, not only do you need to be able to prove that life can create it, but you also need to be able to prove that the particular version of the feature was not created by something else," says…

The basic idea of InSight is to map out the deep structure of Mars. We know a lot about the surface of Mars. We know a lot about its atmosphere and even about its ionosphere but we don't know very much about what goes on a mile below…

Topics Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy The Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy initiative explores the growing use of…

Videos from the rover show its shadow moving across the Martian surface during a 12-hour sequence while Curiosity remained parked. When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover isn’t on the move, it works pretty well as a sundial, as seen in two…

Episode Description:  To prepare for the day when humans travel to Mars, NASA is conducting a one-year experiment in a Mars simulation environment. So what’s it like to spend a year in CHAPEA, the Crew Health and Performance Exploration…

Rob Manning: Although we've done it before, landing on Mars is hard. And this mission is no different. The process to get from the top of the atmosphere of Mars to the surface we call "entry, descent, and landing" or EDL. It takes…

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has accepted into its collection an aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. The prototype has been donated to the museum by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In April…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China has repeatedly stunned the U.S. intelligence community in the last five years with rapid progress in its space exploration program, landing a rover on the far…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China has repeatedly stunned the U.S. intelligence community in the last five years with rapid progress in its space exploration program, landing a rover on the far…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China has repeatedly stunned the U.S. intelligence community in the last five years with rapid progress in…

Curious Universe: We’re Going to Mars Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your curiosity. Visit…

NASA’s Curious Universe Bonus Episode:“Sounds of Mars” Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists, and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your…