ANU scientists use deep planetary scan to confirm Martian core
Seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in ...
Tag: Red Planet
A close encounter with a mysterious moon
In 1877, the American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars, later named Phobos and Deimos ...
Meteorite that smashed into Mars shook planet
Scientists who study Mars on Thursday revealed the remarkable Christmas gift they received from the planet last year. On December ...
Ancient bacteria might lurk beneath Mars' surface
When Mars' first samples return to Earth, scientists should be on the lookout for ancient sleeping bacteria, a new study ...
Driving on the Sidewalk, MARDI-Style: Sols 3630-3632
We continue our drive through "Marker Band valley", an area of high interest scientifically, due to strong evidence of sulfates ...
A hydrogen-rich first atmosphere for Mars inferred from clays on its surface
According to new research, Mars may have been born a blue and water-covered world, long before the Earth had even ...
Celebrating Halloween and investigating ghoulish rocks from the Red Planet
Have you ever seen faces on Mars? What about weirdly shaped rocks resembling animals and bones? Rocks with spooky holes ...
Why NASA is trying to crash land on Mars
Like a car's crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact. NASA has successfully touched ...
Curiosity reaches long-awaited salty region on Martian mountainside
After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the "sulfate-bearing unit," a ...
Things that go bump in the night on Mars!
You stand in Jezero crater, Mars, at a minute to midnight. By the light of the stars and Mars's two ...