MARSDAILY - SKY NIGHTLY

Perseverance blasts past the top of Jezero Crater rim

Dec 23, 2024 (JPL)

This ever-changing landscape has been our constant companion over the last five months as Perseverance first climbed out of Neretva Vallis, then past "Dox Castl...

Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays

Dec 20, 2024 (JPL)

In total we're only planning about 438 images this holiday, which is a pretty light haul if you can believe it! We also didn't pass SRAP to unstow the arm (agai...

NASA honours Algerian parks with Martian namesakes

Dec 19, 2024 (AFP)

The Tassili n'Ajjer, Ghoufi and Djurdjura national parks have found their Martian namesakes after a proposition by Melikechi, which he sought as both a tribute ...

NASA Mars Orbiter captures dust-covered InSight Lander

Dec 17, 2024 (SPX)

InSight, which landed in November 2018, was the first mission to detect "marsquakes" and provide detailed data about Mars' crust, mantle, and core. Over its fou...

Anthropologists urge preservation of human artifacts on Mars

Dec 17, 2024 (SPX)

Holcomb's new study, titled "Emerging Archaeological Record of Mars," published in Nature Astronomy, emphasizes the need to treat human exploration materials on...

New study questions the potential for liquid brines on Mars

Dec 17, 2024 (SPX)

Dark surface features called recurring slope lineae (RSL), polygonal formations in Martian permafrost, and the possibility of liquid brines have all fueled disc...

NASA Outlines Latest Moon to Mars Plans in 2024 Architecture Update

Dec 16, 2024 (SPX)

Following an Architecture Concept Review, the 2024 updates include a revision of NASA's Architecture Definition Document which details technical approaches and ...

NASA rover surmounts Jezero crater rim to begin next science campaign

Dec 13, 2024 (SPX)

The ascent, which spanned 3 0.5 months and climbed 1,640 vertical feet (500 meters), included traversing grades of up to 20%. Along the way, Perseverance conduc...

NASA performs first aircraft accident investigation on another world

Dec 13, 2024 (JPL)

The investigation concludes that the inability of Ingenuity's navigation system to provide accurate data during the flight likely caused a chain of events that ...

Scientists map Mars solar radiation spectrum for the first time

Dec 10, 2024 (SPX)

Mars, with its thin atmosphere and lack of a global magnetic field, is vulnerable to intense space radiation, which presents significant challenges to human exp...

Mars dust storms may be linked to warming weather patterns

Dec 10, 2024 (SPX)

Lead researcher Heshani Pieris emphasized the importance of understanding these storms for the safety of Mars missions. "Dust storms have a significant effect o...

Liquid on Mars was not necessarily all water

Dec 05, 2024 (SPX)

Not so fast, the authors of a new Perspectives article in Nature Geoscience suggest. Water is only one of two possible liquids under what are thought to be the ...

Purdue scientist expecting new world to reveal itself to Mars rover

Dec 04, 2024 (SPX)

The mission's Perseverance rover is only weeks away from emerging from the 28-mile-wide Jezero Crater to explore new terrain. It's a point in the mission Horgan...

China's Tianwen-1 probe reveals new insights into Martian internal gravity waves

Dec 03, 2024 (SPX)

Recent research published in Earth and Planetary Physics by Professor Cunying Xiao's team at Beijing Normal University provides new insights into Martian intern...

Mars Ocean Analogs Completes Winter Solstice Voyage and Plans Future Expeditions

Dec 01, 2024 (SPX)

Departing from Morris Canal in Jersey City, NJ, the four-member crew-Captain Reid Stowe, Fred Sullivan, Luke Ribeiro, and Maxine Hoover-set sail on a mission co...

China aims to return Mars samples to Earth by 2031

Nov 28, 2024 (SPX)

The mission is scheduled for dual launches around 2028. A lander will collect samples from a designated site, which also serves as the landing location, ensurin...

Scientists map complete energy spectrum of solar high-energy protons near Mars

Nov 26, 2024 (SPX)

The research was a collaborative effort involving the University of Science and Technology of China, the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academ...

Ancient water on Mars suggests potential for past life

Nov 25, 2024 (SPX)

The study examined a 4.45 billion-year-old zircon grain from the Martian meteorite NWA7034, commonly referred to as "Black Beauty." Researchers found geochemica...

Making Mars' Moons: Supercomputers Offer 'Disruptive' New Explanation

Nov 21, 2024 (SPX)

The research team, led by Jacob Kegerreis, a postdoctoral research scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, found that an astero...

Curiosity prepares to leave sulfur stones behind for boxwork exploration

Nov 19, 2024 (SPX)

Before departing, Curiosity captured a comprehensive 360-degree panorama of the channel and its unique features, including the field of sulfur stones. This deta...