MARSDAILY - SKY NIGHTLY

Nov 17, 2022 (SPX)

Wynne, an assistant research professor of cave ecology, is the lead author of two related studies, both published in a special collection of papers on planetary...

Try, Try Again: Sols 3655-3656

Nov 16, 2022 (JPL)

Before the drive, we are fitting in two hours of science, packed full of ChemCam and Mastcam observations. ChemCam is doing LIBS on the target 'Caracarana' and ...

Martian dust storms churn up Earth-like clouds

Nov 16, 2022 (ESA)

Earth and Mars have vastly different atmospheres. The dry, cold atmosphere of Mars is composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide while Earth's is rich in nitrog...

A rover for Mars' moon Phobos

Nov 14, 2022 (SPX)

The CFRP structure, which was created in collaboration with several DLR institutes, including the uprighting and locomotion system, was delivered this week from...

Mars Express sets data relay record

Nov 11, 2022 (ESA)

Landers and rovers on Mars gather data that help scientists answer fundamental questions about the geology, atmosphere, surface environment, history of water an...

Gediz Vallis Ridge Rising: Sols 3650-3652

Nov 11, 2022 (JPL)

We're trying to understand how Gediz Vallis ridge formed, in particular what kind of watery settings may or may not have been involved. We also want to understa...

Perseverance activities at Amalik outcrop

Nov 10, 2022 (JPL)

The witness tubes do not collect samples but are opened near the sampling location to "witness" the martian environment. The witness tubes go through the motion...

Losing the Rhythm - Sols 3648-3649

Nov 10, 2022 (JPL)

The marker band has been mapped from orbit and appears to be a relatively continuous feature around Mount Sharp. We observed possible ripples in the marker band...

MAVEN observes Martian light show caused by major solar storm

Nov 10, 2022 (SPX)

MAVEN - the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission - is the only asset at Mars able to observe the Sun's activity and the response of the thin Martian a...

Earth's oldest stromatolites and the search for life on Mars

Nov 08, 2022 (SPX)

Stromatolites, layered organo-sedimentary structures reflecting complex interplays between microbial communities and their environment, have long been considere...

Perseverance seals up Sample tube 14.

Nov 07, 2022 (JPL)

The process of sealing a sample happens in the rover's Sampling and Caching System. During sealing, a small robotic arm moves the rock-core-filled tube to one o...

University of Southern Queensland scientist unveils further proof of salty water on Mars

Nov 07, 2022 (SPX)

University of Southern Queensland's Professor Graziella Caprarelli is part of an international team investigating bright reflection signals below the Martian su...

Martian Sausages: Sols 3641-3642

Nov 07, 2022 (JPL)

These float rocks appear to have originated in the Marker Band, which can be seen running from lower left to upper right in the accompanying Navcam image. There...

Mars's crust more complex, evolved than previously thought

Nov 04, 2022 (SPX)

The Martian surface is uniformly basaltic, a product of billions of years of volcanism and flowing lava on the surface that eventually cooled. Because Mars did ...

Can't Touch This: Sol 3640

Nov 02, 2022 (JPL)

Fortunately, the rover planners were confident in finding a way to reposition the rover to stabilize us enough to get the arm out, so that small maneuever was a...

Meteorite impacts on the surface of Mars provide new details of the planet's crust

Nov 01, 2022 (SPX)

On 24 December 2021, the time had come: a meteorite impact on Mars at a distance of about 3500 kilometres from InSight created a crater more than 100 metres in ...

Let the Detour Begin - To Gediz Vallis Ridge We Go: Sols 3637-3638

Oct 31, 2022 (JPL)

This detour will allow us to access some of the area we'd planned to visit before getting turned around by the 'gator-back' terrain on the Greenheugh pediment. ...

Meteorite impact provides a glimpse beneath Mars' surface

Oct 28, 2022 (SPX)

This is the first time that a meteorite impact on another planet has been recorded both photographically and seismically. To the surprise of scientists, large a...

Traces of ancient ocean discovered on Mars

Oct 28, 2022 (SPX)

"What immediately comes to mind as one the most significant points here is that the existence of an ocean of this size means a higher potential for life," said ...

Scientists choose first Mars samples worthy of return to Earth

Oct 28, 2022 (ESA)

The Mars Sample Return campaign is made of several missions to return the first scientifically selected samples from the surface of another planet. The first st...