Major Asteroid Impact May Have Caused Mars Megatsunami
Mars Megatsunami May Have Been Caused by Chicxulub-Like Asteroid Impact A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub…
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New Research Indicates That Mars Was Capable of Supporting Life
Early Mars might have been a warm version of modern Titan and at least as promising, if not more promising, as a location for the…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First Flight With New Navigation Software
Compared to some of the other flights this past year, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s Flight 34 might not stand out. Wednesday’s successful 18-second flight was even…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Possible Organic Compounds in Mars Crater Rocks
Rock samples from the Jezero crater analyzed by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover show evidence of liquid water and signatures that could be organic compounds. Analyses…
Search for Ancient Life: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Investigates Intriguing Martian Bedrock
Tantalizing opportunities for the six-wheeler’s science team while exploring a sediment-rich location in a Mars delta. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has begun exploring a region…
Mars Sample Return Mission: Bringing Mars Rock Samples Back to Earth [Video]
NASA and the European Space Agency are developing plans for one of the most ambitious campaigns ever attempted in space: bringing the first samples of…
Mars Express Spacecraft Sets Data Relay Record
Mars Express, a spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), recently conducted tests in which it relayed data gathered by NASA’s Perseverance rover back…
Early Crust on Mars More Complex and Evolved Than Previously Thought
Early crust on Mars may be more complex than researchers previously thought—and it may even be similar to Earth’s original crust. The Martian surface is…
Mars’ Interior: Deep Planetary Scan Confirms Martian Core
A new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of…
Mars Is Alive!
Until now, Mars has generally been considered a geologically dead planet. An international team of scientists now reports that seismic signals indicate vulcanism still plays…
Fear, Panic and Excitement: A Close Encounter With a Mysterious Moon
Asaph Hall, an American astronomer, discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars in 1877. They were later named Phobos and Deimos after the Greek…
The End Is Nigh: NASA Prepares To Say “Farewell” to History-Making Mars InSight Lander
A closer look at what goes into wrapping up the mission as the InSight spacecraft’s power supply continues to dwindle. The end is nigh for…
Large Meteorite Impacts on Mars: Seismic Waves Observed on Surface of a Planet Other Than Earth for the First Time
What Seismic Waves Reveal About the Martian Crust Scientists have observed, for the first time, seismic waves propagating along the surface of a planet other…
New Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars
Prior research has suggested that there is water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. New evidence from an international research team suggests that…
Traces of Ancient Ocean Discovered on Mars – This Means a “Higher Potential for Life”
New evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars has been uncovered in a recently released set of topography maps. These maps offer the strongest…
NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Red Planet
NASA’s InSight lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the cavernous new crater from space. Last…
Chaotic Crust Contains Clues to Mars’ Watery Past in Search for Signs of Past Life on the Red Planet
ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft takes us over the Holden Basin – part of a region that is a high-ranking target in the search for signs…
Life on Mars: Ancient Bacteria Might Lurk Beneath Mars’ Surface
A new study finds the chances of uncovering life on Mars are better than previously expected. Researchers simulated Mars’ harsh ionizing radiation conditions to see…
