MARS

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A record of ancient tectonic stress on Mars
Nov 04, 2016 (ESA)
Sets of ridges and troughs some 1000 km north of the giant Olympus Mons volcano contain a record of the intense tectonic stresses and strains experienced in the...
Unusual Martian region leaves clues to planet's past
Nov 04, 2016 (SPX)
Researcher Don Hood from LSU and colleagues from collaborating universities studied an unusual region on Mars - an area with high elevation called Thaumasia Pla...
Mars rover confirms 'Egg Rock' is fallen iron-nickel meteorite
Nov 03, 2016 (UPI)
The Mars rover Curiosity has confirmed the identity of a small metallic globule, spotted last week by scientists in images captured by the rover's Mastcam. New ...
Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite
Nov 03, 2016 (JPL)
Laser-zapping of a globular, golf-ball-size object on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover confirms that it is an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet's s...
Mars: How Will Humans Get There
Nov 02, 2016 (VOA)
Mars how to get there and maybe even live there has been in the news a lot lately. Governments and private industry around the world are discussing ways to get ...
New instrument could search for signatures of life on Mars
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
A sensing technique that the U.S. military currently uses to remotely monitor the air to detect potentially life-threatening chemicals, toxins, and pathogens ha...
Detailed images of Schiaparelli and its descent hardware on Mars
Oct 28, 2016 (ESA)
A high-resolution image taken by a NASA Mars orbiter this week reveals further details of the area where the ExoMars Schiaparelli module ended up following its ...
Cursed not, Difficult yes
Oct 26, 2016 (SPX)
Hopes of another successful landing on Mars were dashed last week when the Schiaparelli probe went missing in action during its descent onto the Red Planet. Pic...
European craft crashed on Mars, possibly exploded: ESA
Oct 21, 2016 (AFP)
A tiny lander despatched to Mars on a trial run had crashed and possibly exploded on the Red Planet, mission control said Friday, confirming Europe's second fai...
Citizen Scientists Seek South Pole Spiders on Mars
Oct 21, 2016 (JPL)
Ten thousand volunteers viewing images of Martian south polar regions have helped identify targets for closer inspection, yielding new insights about seasonal s...
Microbial life on mars
Oct 21, 2016 (SPX)
The existence of microbial life on Mars remains highly controversial, but recent evidence of water, complex organic molecules, and methane in the Martian enviro...
MAVEN mission observes ups and downs of water escape from Mars
Oct 21, 2016 (SPX)
After investigating the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet for a full Martian year, NASA's MAVEN mission has determined that the escaping water does not always ...
Did it crash or land? Search on for Europe's Mars craft
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
Europe's second attempt to reach Mars' surface appeared in peril Thursday as initial analysis suggested the latest lander may have plummeted to its demise. Whil...
Mars: graveyard of broken dreams and landers
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has become a veritable graveyard for landers and rovers despatched to its surface from neighbouring Earth. Only the United...
Microscope Will Seek Biological Samples On Red Planet
Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)
One of the ultimate goals of Mars exploration is to bring samples from the surface to Earth, especially those that could be examined for evidence of life on the...
Did Europe's Mars lander survive? Time will tell: ESA
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
Europe's second attempt at reaching the Mars surface appeared in peril Thursday as initial analysis suggested a lander dubbed "Schiaparelli", a test-run for a f...
Euro-Russian craft enters Mars orbit, but lander's fate unknown
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Europe and Russia celebrated placing a robot explorer into Mars orbit on Wednesday, but ground controllers faced an anxious night searching for the tiny lander ...
Robot explorers headed for Mars quest: ESA
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Europe will send a tiny lander on a scorching, supersonic tumble to Mars on Wednesday and place a gas-sniffing probe in orbit around the Red Planet in a daring ...
Anxious wait for news of Mars lander's fate
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Ground controllers waited anxiously for news Thursday on the status of a tiny European craft which touched down on Mars as part of a daring quest for life on th...
Scientists simulate a space mission in Mars-analogue Utah desert
Oct 19, 2016 (SPX)
A barren, rocky desert landscape and not a single soul around - to come as close as possible to the inhospitable conditions on the Red Planet, scientists of the...
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