MARS

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Trembling Mars gives up more seismic secrets
Feb 24, 2020 (AFP)
For 15 months NASA's InSight robot craft scoured the surface of Earth's neighbour, and measured hundreds of so-called "Marsquakes". These included several tremo...
Mars InSight Lander to push on top of the 'Mole'
Feb 24, 2020 (JPL)
Part of an instrument called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package, or HP3, the mole is a 16-inch-long (40-centimeter-long) spike equipped with an inter...
NASA adds return sample scientists to Mars 2020 leadership team
Feb 21, 2020 (JPL)
Subsequent missions, currently under consideration by NASA (in conjunction with the European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these cache...
Journey to the center of Mars
Feb 21, 2020 (SPX)
They used rocks from Mars and measurements from orbiting satellites to predict the depth to its core-mantle boundary, some 1,800 km beneath the surface and have...
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Undergoes Memory Update
Feb 20, 2020 (JPL)
The maintenance work involves updating battery parameters in the spacecraft's flash memory - a rare step that's been done only twice before in the orbiter's 15 ...
Nilosyrtis Mensae - erosion on a large scale
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
The Nilosyrtis Mensae region is referred to as 'fretted terrain' and is characteristic of the transition zone between the highlands and lowlands on Mars. The nu...
Salt water may periodically form on the surface of Mars
Feb 13, 2020 (SPX)
Liquid water is difficult to come by on Mars, because ice rapidly dissipates, or sublimates, into the atmosphere long before it reaches its melting point. That ...
SwRI models hint at longer timescale for Mars formation
Feb 13, 2020 (SPX)
An important open issue in planetary science is to determine how Mars formed and to what extent its early evolution was affected by collisions. This question is...
Mars 2020 rover goes coast-to-coast to prep for launch
Feb 12, 2020 (JPL)
"Our rover has left the only home it has ever known," said John McNamee, Mars 2020 project manager. "The 2020 family here at JPL is a little sad to see it go, b...
Mars 2020 equipped with laser vision and better mics
Feb 10, 2020 (JPL)
One of seven instruments aboard the Mars 2020 rover that launches this summer, SuperCam was built by a team of hundreds and packs what would typically require s...
MAVEN explores Mars to understand radio interference at Earth
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
"The layers are so close above all our heads at Earth, and can be detected by anyone with a radio, but they are still quite mysterious," says Glyn Collinson of ...
Mars' water was mineral-rich and salty
Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)
Life comes in various forms, from cell-phone-toting organisms like humans to the ubiquitous micro-organisms that inhabit almost every square inch of the planet ...
Russian scientists propose manned Base on Martian Moon to control robots remotely on red planet
Jan 23, 2020 (Sputnik)
A group of Russian, Italian and American scientists have proposed the creation of a long-term habitable base on the Martian moon of Phobos, and are expected to ...
To infinity and beyond: interstellar lab unveils space-inspired village for future Mars settlement
Jan 23, 2020 (Sputnik)
Two years after the launch of the project, Interstellar Lab has unveiled its Experimental BIOregenerative Station (EBIOS) which is designed as a scientific and ...
Nine finalists chosen in Mars 2020 rover naming contest
Jan 22, 2020 (JPL)
More than 28,000 essays were submitted after the contest began on Aug. 28 last year. A diverse panel of nearly 4,700 judge volunteers, composed of educators, pr...
Could future homes on the Moon and Mars be made of fungi?
Jan 20, 2020 (SPX)
The myco-architecture project out of NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley is prototyping technologies that could "grow" habitats on the Mo...
Impressive cloud formations over Mars' northern polar ice cap
Jan 14, 2020 (SPX)
Like Earth, Mars has seasons. The Red Planet's polar axis is inclined at around 25 degrees, roughly the same as Earth's tilt. As such, Mars has the equivalent o...
Rippling ice and storms at Mars' north pole
Jan 14, 2020 (ESA)
The poles of Mars are covered in stacked layers of ice that subtly shift in extent and composition throughout the year. During summer, the pole is permanently c...
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover closer to getting its name
Jan 14, 2020 (JPL)
The currently unnamed rover is a robotic scientist weighing more than 2,300 pounds (1,000 kilograms). It will search for signs of past microbial life, character...
LZH's MOMA laser ready for the flight to Mars
Jan 13, 2020 (SPX)
For 18 days the ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin was subjected to thermal vacuum tests at Airbus. There, it had to withstand strong changes in temperature and va...
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