NASA scientists recreate Mars’ spider-like geological formations in lab for the first time
Spider-like formations, called spider terrains, are found in the southern hemisphere of Mars, carved into the landscape by carbon dioxide. ...
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The Mars Cloud Atlas presents a series of atmospheric phenomena
This image shows two atmospheric phenomena: the white curved lines represent gravity wave clouds, while the brown areas represent dust ...
NASA’s Hubble and MAVEN Help Solve Mystery of Water Leaking from Mars
Here are Hubble far-ultraviolet images of Mars near its farthest point from the Sun, called aphelion, on December 31, 2017 ...
Mars’ ice caps offer clues to ancient climates
Satellite image of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS As a first-year master's student in the Department of Earth Sciences, Katherine Lutz was ...
Researchers identify effective materials to protect astronauts from harmful cosmic radiation on Mars
Visualization of ray trajectories from a pencil beam with a low beam angle. Credit: European Journal of Physics Plus (2024). ...
Living like on Mars: NASA seeks volunteers for its next one-year mission
The American space agency NASA is currently looking for volunteers to stay for a year in a space simulating conditions ...
Apply here now for NASA’s one-year simulated Mars mission
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain NASA is seeking candidates to participate in its upcoming year-long simulated mission to the surface of ...
The study of the morphology and mineralogy of Mars suggests that it may have once experienced active volcanism and crustal recycling.
Morphology of four classes of volcanoes in the Eridania region. Typical examples of a volcanic dome (a), stratovolcano (b), pyroclastic ...
Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars raises hope that soil and rock samples from Perseverance rover contain traces of life
Mars Perseverance Rover RIMFAX ground-penetrating radar measurements of the Hawksbill Gap region of the western delta of Jezero Crater, Mars. ...
After three years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission ends
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen August 2, 2023 in a color-enhanced image captured by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard the ...
