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InSight data reveals Mars hit by more meteoroids than previously estimated
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
A study led by a researcher from Brown University indicates that Mars is bombarded by space rocks at rates two to ten times higher than earlier estimates, depen...
NASA Parachute Sensor Testing Could Make EPIC Mars Landings
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
Knowing how the canopy material stretches during deployment can enhance safety and performance by quantifying the limits of the fabric and improving existing co...
NASA Releases Key Moon to Mars White Papers
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
While NASA consistently publishes annual updates on its Moon to Mars architecture, the agency also provides mid-cycle reports to share vital insights with stake...
Mapping Mars with Open Science Tools
Jun 29, 2024 (SPX)
JPL experts Dr. Fred Calef III and Dr. Nathan Williams employed geospatial analysis to assist in selecting Jezero Crater as the landing site for Perseverance an...
Meteorites strike Mars far more often than thought, probe finds
Jun 28, 2024 (AFP)
Before the new study was published on Friday, the best guess for how many meteorites strike Mars was made by looking at images taken by orbiting spacecrafts or ...
Perseverance Engineers Revive SHERLOC Instrument on Mars Rover
Jun 27, 2024 (SPX)
The SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) instrument recently analyzed a rock target with its spectro...
Scientists Excited by Martian Air Samples in NASA's Mars Tubes
Jun 27, 2024 (SPX)
With each rock core sealed in its titanium sample tubes by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, atmospheric scientists find themselves increasingly excited. These sa...
Marsquakes could help detect underground water on Mars
Jun 26, 2024 (SPX)
When quakes pass through deep aquifers, they generate electromagnetic signals. Researchers detailed in the journal JGR Planets how these signals, if also presen...
Marsquakes may help reveal whether liquid water exists underground on red planet
Jun 21, 2024 (SPX)
When quakes rumble and move through aquifers deep underground, they produce electromagnetic signals. The researchers reported in the journal JGR Planets how tho...
NASA's Perseverance Reaches Key Scientific Target in Ancient Riverbed
Jun 17, 2024 (SPX)
After navigating through a dune field to avoid challenging boulders, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover arrived at its latest area of interest on June 9. The route ...
NASA Observes Mars Illuminated During Major Solar Storm
Jun 11, 2024 (SPX)
Mars scientists have been anticipating significant solar storms since the Sun entered a period of peak activity earlier this year called solar maximum. Over the...
Water frost discovered on Mars' tallest volcanoes
Jun 10, 2024 (SPX)
"ExoMars" is a European Space Agency (ESA) program conducting active research into life on Mars for the first time since the 1970s. On board the ExoMars Trace G...
Frost discovered on top of giant Mars volcanoes
Jun 10, 2024 (AFP)
The early morning frost was spotted in images taken by the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter, according to a study published in the journal Nature Geosc...
NASA explores new Mars Sample Return concepts
Jun 09, 2024 (SPX)
Additionally, NASA centers, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, and Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory are conducting studies. Upon ...
New analysis suggests lack of subglacial lake on Mars
Jun 09, 2024 (SPX)
Simulations conducted by the team demonstrate that minor variations in layers of water ice can cause constructive interference between radar waves. This interfe...
Martian Polar Ice Flow Mystery Finally Explained
Jun 07, 2024 (SPX)
High-resolution images show that the Martian polar ice caps are about 2-3 km thick and extend over 1000 km across the poles, primarily composed of water ice. Th...
NASA seeks faster, more affordable Mars sample return mission
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
The space agency doesn't want to wait until 2040 and spend $11 billion to return core samples being collected on Mars, which the recently scrapped plan would ha...
Mars' subsurface ice could be a key to sustaining future habitats on other planets
Jun 04, 2024 (SPX)
But on spaceflights, checked luggage is exorbitantly expensive. Anything heavy, especially liquids like water, is bulky and costly to haul by rocket, even to ou...
Martian meteorites offer insights into Red Planet's structure
Jun 01, 2024 (SPX)
Meteorites formed around 1.3 billion years ago and ejected from Mars have been collected by scientists from Antarctica and Africa over recent decades. Scripps O...
Western geologists test instrument for Mars rover mission in search for life
May 30, 2024 (SPX)
Western planetary geologists Livio Tornabene and Gordon Osinski lead an international team to study clay formation on Mars. Supported by a three-year Canadian S...
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