Surprise, surprise: Subsurface water on Mars defy expectations
A new analysis of seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission has revealed a couple of surprises. The first surprise:...
Building on Mars or the Luna: You'll need extraterrestrial cement for that
Sustained space exploration will require infrastructure that doesn't currently exist: buildings, housing, rocket landing pads. So, where do you turn...
Progressing through the pass: Sols 3560-3561
Curiosity is continuing to press on through Paraitepuy Pass with the successful completion of last plan's drive and another coming...
New Year, New Challenges: Sols 3558-3559
Curiosity continues to conquer obstacles as we enter our 11th year of operations on Mars. Curiosity is working her way...
Ten Earth years later and Curiosity is still exploring Mars
"We've got thumbnails!!" shouted, emotionally, over excited celebrations, is my most intense memory from 10 years ago. I had sat,...
NASA's Perseverance cores 12th sample, team assessing rover's coring bit
Images and data downlinked Thursday from Perseverance show that we've successfully cored, sealed, and stored our 12th sample of the...
Ten Earth Years Later On Mars Sols 3553-3554
Tosol we uplinked a two-sol plan as Curiosity continues to navigate "Paraitepuy Pass." The terrain surrounding the rover, while visually...
Through the Pass We Go Sols 3551-3552
Curiosity is making its way through the stunning "Paraitepuy Pass," the little canyon that runs between the "Deepdale" and "Bolivar"...
Images of EDL Debris
When Perseverance landed on Mars on February 18, 2021 the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) hardware was discarded onto the...
Modeling reveals how dwarf planet Ceres powers unexpected geologic activity
For a long time, our view of Ceres was fuzzy, said Scott King, a geoscientist in the Virginia Tech College...