MARSDAILY - SKY NIGHTLY

Sols 4488-4490: Progress Through the Ankle-Breaking Terrain

Mar 26, 2025 (JPL)

As my colleague mentioned in the previous blog post, the layered sulfate bedrock in this region is broken up into large blocks that often make the driving tough...

Mars climate contrast deepens with new atmospheric wave study

Mar 26, 2025 (SPX)

Leveraging data from the OMEGA instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, researchers cataloged and analyzed 263 instances of atmospher...

NASA's rover Curiosity finds biggest known organic molecules on Mars

Mar 25, 2025 (UPI)

"Our study proves that, even today, by analyzing Mars samples we could detect chemical signatures of past life, if it ever existed on Mars," stated Caroline Fre...

NASA's Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on Mars

Mar 25, 2025 (SPX)

Scientists probed an existing rock sample inside Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) mini-lab and found the molecules decane, undecane, and dodecane. Thes...

Shocking Spherules!

Mar 24, 2025 (JPL)

The rock, named "St. Pauls Bay" by the team, appeared to be comprised of hundreds of millimeter-sized, dark gray spheres. Some of these occurred as more elongat...

NASA and USGS join forces to advance space resource detection

Mar 19, 2025 (SPX)

Over 300 participants joined the discussions, attending in person and online, to evaluate key technological capabilities required for identifying and mapping ex...

Mars Study Suggests Mid-Crust Water May Not Be Essential to Data Interpretation

Mar 14, 2025 (SPX)

Jakosky recently addressed this issue in a letter to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), contesting the conclusions of a 2024 study sugg...

Navigating a Slanted River

Mar 14, 2025 (SPX)

Upon reaching the workspace, images captured by Perseverance confirm that these distinct layers are visible on the ground, as well. Layers are interesting becau...

Scientists Develop New Technique to Detect Life in Martian Rock Samples

Mar 13, 2025 (SPX)

Science fiction has long entertained the idea of alien organisms hitching a ride to Earth, often with disastrous consequences. While such scenarios make for thr...

Researchers analyze river bends to distinguish planetary channel origins

Mar 06, 2025 (SPX)

While the specific mechanisms shaping these bends remain uncertain, previous models suggest a relationship between fluid flow and channel topography. In rivers,...

Rover finds evidence of 'vacation-style' beaches on Mars

Feb 26, 2025 (SPX)

An international team of scientists, including Penn State researchers, used data from the Zhurong Mars rover to identify hidden layers of rock under the planet'...

Gardens on Mars? No, Just Rocks!

Feb 26, 2025 (JPL)

Due to the disaggregated material thwarting our last sample attempt at "Cat Arm Reservoir," the team was eagerly awaiting results from this sampling attempt at ...

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red

Feb 26, 2025 (SPX)

Mars has long been recognized by its striking red appearance, attributed to iron oxide-rust-present in its dust. This rusting process was thought to have occurr...

Ancient beaches testify to long-ago ocean on Mars

Feb 26, 2025 (SPX)

The now-inactive rover, called Zhurong, operated for a year, between May 2021 and May 2022. It traveled 1.9 kilometers (1.2 miles) roughly perpendicular to esca...

Gardens on Mars? No, Just Rocks!

Feb 26, 2025 (JPL)

Due to the disaggregated material thwarting our last sample attempt at "Cat Arm Reservoir," the team was eagerly awaiting results from this sampling attempt at ...

Laser-powered spectrometer tested on Earth may uncover microbial fossils on Mars

Feb 26, 2025 (SPX)

"Our findings provide a methodological framework for detecting biosignatures in Martian sulfate minerals, potentially guiding future Mars exploration missions,"...

New evidence suggests gypsum deposits on Mars may hold signs of ancient life

Feb 25, 2025 (SPX)

Mars harbors gypsum deposits that may conceal traces of ancient microbial life, potentially resembling the earliest life forms on Earth from four billion years ...

China unveils innovative dual-mode robot for planetary exploration

Feb 12, 2025 (SPX)

Engineered to withstand harsh environments, the robot is available in multiple configurations, including dual-wheel and spherical designs, ensuring adaptability...

Perseverance Rover's Groundbreaking Soil and Rock Samples

Feb 10, 2025 (SPX)

Until now, the only Martian materials accessible to scientists were meteorites that naturally landed on Earth. However, thanks to NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance ...

Sols 4443-4444: Four Fours for February

Feb 10, 2025 (JPL)

Our first sol science block starts at 12:06 local Gale Crater time, including a ChemCam long-distance RMI mosaic and a five-shot laser on bedrock. After ChemCam...