MARS

Fly around Jezero Crater on Mars in this new video

There's a reason Jezero Crater was chosen as the landing site for the Perseverance Rover: it is considered one of the likeliest places to...

There could be alien life on Mars, but will our rovers be able to find it?

Robotic rovers are currently exploring the surface of Mars. Part of a rover's mission is to survey the planet for signs of life. There...

Is there life on Mars? Better tools are needed to get the answer

Current state-of-the-art instrumentation being sent to Mars to collect and analyze evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet may not be sensitive enough...

Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on Mars

Mars is infamous for its intense dust storms, some of which kick up enough dust to be seen by telescopes on Earth. When dust particles...

Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy

Yogi, Paddington and Winnie the Pooh, move over. There's a new bear in town. Or on Mars, anyway. The beaming face of a cute-looking teddy...

Buzz Aldrin, second man on the Moon, marries on 93rd birthday

Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to set foot on the Moon, said he had married his longtime girlfriend on Friday,...

The rich meteorology of Mars studied in detail from the Perseverance rover

Perseverance is a NASA autonomous vehicle that arrived at the Jezero Crater (the bed of an ancient, now dried-up lake on Mars) on February...

NASA explores a winter wonderland on Mars

Cube-shaped snow, icy landscapes, and frost are all part of the Red Planet's coldest season. When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into...

NASA Mars lander InSight falls silent after four years

It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander, which has fallen silent after four years on Mars. The lander's...

Where are the best places to land humans on Mars?

Want to go to Mars? Great, now all you need to do is plan a mission. Figure out where to land, what to bring,...

How Mars’ thin and turbulent atmosphere leads to curiously sized dunes

Among the mountainous dunes and small, undulating ripples of Mars' desert-like surface are sand structures, intermediate in size, that are not quite like anything...

New lidar technique could help robotic vehicles land safely on Mars

In a new study, scientists demonstrate a new lidar technique that could help robotic vehicles avoid hazards when landing during future missions to Mars...

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