Extremely harsh volcanic lake shows how life might have existed on Mars by Ensign January 29, 2022 0 A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars' early history, reports a new publication in Frontiers in ...
Out of Pebble Purgatory by Ensign January 28, 2022 0 The final two pebbles hitching a ride aboard our rover's bit carousel are gone but not forgotten. I'll give you ...
Island in a lake of lava – the Martian volcano Jovis Tholus by Ensign January 27, 2022 0 These images, created using data acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter, show ...
NASA's MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought by Ensign January 27, 2022 0 Mars once rippled with rivers and ponds billions of years ago, providing a potential habitat for microbial life. As the ...
Making a splash in a lava sea by Ensign January 27, 2022 0 Volcanoes, impact craters, tectonic faults, river channels and a lava sea: a vast amount of information is captured in a ...
Sols 3369-3370: Ok Then, Maybe Not, Mars by Ensign January 27, 2022 0 In the last blog my colleague Lucy expressed excited hope for today's planning of close-up imagery of the rocks we ...
X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty by Ensign January 27, 2022 0 Imagine taking your favorite treat - a Mars bar or cream puff - and beaming it with X-rays to map ...
Sols 3367-3368: The Prow to take another bow by Ensign January 26, 2022 0 The weekend plan included a short drive (or bump) to get us closer to one of the interesting, more resistant ...
SwRI scientist helps confirm liquid water beneath Mars south polar cap by Ensign January 26, 2022 0 A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm ...
How to Retain a Core by Ensign January 25, 2022 0 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 25, 2022 Have you ever wondered how a coring bit grabs and holds onto a rock ...