NASA-Funded Study Extends Period When Mars Could Have Supported Life
The surface of Mars is barren and inhospitable, but perhaps it wasn't always that way. Billions of years ago, when ...
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Helicopters Flying at Mars May Glow at Dusk
The whirling blades on drones flying above Mars may cause tiny electric currents to flow in the Martian atmosphere, according ...
Sols 3371-3373: Some Lucky Breaks at the Prow
We continue to characterize "The Prow," which stands proud above nearby flat lying dust coated bedrock. Our sedimentologists are very ...
Almost on the rove again
We'll soon be on the move again after shaking loose some pesky pebbles that became lodged in Perseverance's bit carousel. ...
China's Mars orbiter sends back selfie video on Lunar New Year eve
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 extended festival greetings to the Chinese people with stunning video footage captured by a camera on ...
China's cooperation with int'l space community fruitful
China has been engaged with the international space community over the past five years, yielding fruitful results in space science, ...
Crater tree rings
This feature could easily be mistaken for a tree stump with characteristic concentric rings. It's actually an impressive birds-eye view ...
Extremely harsh volcanic lake shows how life might have existed on Mars
A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars' early history, reports a new publication in Frontiers in ...
Out of Pebble Purgatory
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
These images, created using data acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter, show ...