MARS

3,898 articles

Signs of Ancient Mars Lakes and Quakes Seen in New Map
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
Long ago, in the largest canyon system in our solar system, vibrations from "marsquakes" shook soft sediments that had accumulated in Martian lakes. The shaken ...
Opportunity In No-Flash Mode: Kludge Ready To Radiate
Dec 15, 2014 (JPL)
Persistent computer resets and "amnesia" events on NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity that have occurred after reformatting the robot's flash memory have...
Mars is a Four-Letter Word
Dec 10, 2014 (SPX)
The recent launch of NASA's Orion spacecraft whipped the media into a frenzy. It was headline news across mainstream broadcasts and publications. We want the me...
Curiosity finds clues to how water helped shape Mars
Dec 09, 2014 (JPL)
Observations by NASA's Curiosity Rover indicate Mars' Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years. This inte...
The first X-ray diffraction measurements on Mars
Dec 09, 2014 (SPX)
In 2012 the Mars Science Laboratory landed in the fascinating Gale crater. The Gale crater is of such great interest because of the 5.5 km high mountain of laye...
China's ardor for a red planet
Dec 09, 2014 (XNA)
The day after Orion, NASA's new spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to Mars, made its first test flight, a group of Chinese kids created their own Mars rove...
Giving Thanks for Opportunity's Great Work!
Dec 08, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley', a location assumed to have abundant clay minerals slightly over a half mil...
Mars mountain may have arisen from lake sediments: NASA
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
A mountain on Mars may have built up over time from lake sediments, according to NASA scientists who have been studying observations from the Curiosity rover sc...
Ancient lava flows could explain pie-shaped landform on Mars
Dec 08, 2014 (UPI)
If it was a real pie, it'd be the largest in the universe. But alas, it's composed of cold iron-rich rock -- not flour, butter, fruit and sugar. The 1.2-mile wi...
Red Planet's Mystery
Dec 05, 2014 (Sputnik)
While NASA plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020 for extended missions in search of more water, scientists say it might be a good idea to drop by to Ma...
Meteorite From Mars Contains Alien Biomass
Dec 04, 2014 (Sputnik)
Chinese scientists discovered that a meteorite of Martian origin that hit Earth in Morocco in summer 2011, contains signs of water and organic carbon combinatio...
Traces of possible Martian biological activity inside a meteorite
Dec 03, 2014 (SPX)
Did Mars ever have life? Does it still? A meteorite from Mars has reignited the old debate. An international team that includes scientists from EPFL has publish...
Orion Test Flight a Critical Step on NASA's Journey to Mars
Dec 02, 2014 (SPX)
America embarks on a long-lasting trip to Mars this Thursday. Orion's maiden flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), slated to test spacecraft's crucial syst...
Meteorite stirs life-on-Mars debate
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
Analysis of a meteorite that fell in the Moroccan desert three years ago revives theories about life on Mars, scientists said on Tuesday. Scrutiny of cracks in ...
NASA's Orion Flight Test and the Journey to Mars
Dec 02, 2014 (SPX)
In the not-too-distant future, astronauts destined to be the first people to walk on Mars will leave Earth aboard an Orion spacecraft. Carried aloft by the trem...
Frost-covered chaos on Mars
Nov 28, 2014 (ESA)
Thanks to a break in the dusty 'weather' over the giant Hellas Basin at the beginning of this year, ESA's Mars Express was able to look down into the seven kilo...
Uwingu to Beam Almost 90,000 Messages to Mars
Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)
Uwingu will launch a radio transmission to Mars on Friday, November 28th, sending almost 90,000 names, messages, and pictures from people on Earth. This is the ...
Within Rover's Reach at Mars Target Area 'Alexander Hills'
Nov 26, 2014 (JPL)
This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a swath of bedrock called "Alexander Hills," which the rover approached for close-...
Mars Exploration Program Director Named
Nov 25, 2014 (JPL)
NASA has taken another step in its Journey to Mars. Jim Watzin has been named the new director for the agency's Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in...
Second Time Through, Mars Rover Examines Chosen Rocks
Nov 20, 2014 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has completed a reconnaissance "walkabout" of the first outcrop it reached at the base of the mission's destination mountain and has...
Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.