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Why the Martian polar caps show significant differences
Sep 05, 2024 (SPX)
In a recent paper published in 'Icarus', PSI Senior Scientist Candice Hansen, along with her team, delves into these complexities. The research integrates decad...
Perseverance Kicks off the Crater Rim Campaign
Aug 30, 2024 (JPL)
For the last 2 months, the Perseverance rover has been exploring the Neretva Vallis region of Jezero Crater, where rocks with interesting popcorn-like textures ...
Martian Ice Caps Reveal Insights into Ancient Climate Shifts
Aug 30, 2024 (SPX)
"These look amazing, but do we actually understand why they form or how they evolve over time?" Lutz asked. Her research in the lab of professor Marisa Palucis,...
Study identifies key materials for shielding astronauts from Mars radiation
Aug 26, 2024 (SPX)
The research, led by Dimitra Atri from NYU Abu Dhabi's Center for Astrophysics and Space Science, alongside lead author Dionysios Gakis from the University of P...
The means for mapping Martian meteorites
Aug 20, 2024 (SPX)
Martian meteorites find their way to Earth when something hits the surface of Mars hard enough so that material is "blasted off the surface and accelerated fast...
Western researchers help identify origins of Martian meteorites
Aug 20, 2024 (SPX)
Western planetary geologist Livio Tornabene is a co-author of the study, recently published in the journal Science Advances. "Remarkably, with just a few specif...
An oasis in the desert on Mars
Aug 17, 2024 (SPX)
While exploring Gediz Vallis, a channel that winds down part of the 3-mile-tall Mount Sharp in the center of the Gale Crater, the six-wheeled Curiosity rover dr...
Curiosity Rover Unveils Pure Sulfur on Mars
Aug 17, 2024 (SPX)
The Curiosity rover, a 1-ton vehicle equipped with 17 cameras, has previously identified sulfur-based minerals on Mars. However, the detection of elemental sulf...
Rocket Lab Prepares Twin Satellites for NASA Mars Mission Launch
Aug 17, 2024 (SPX)
Known as Blue and Gold, the spacecraft recently completed their assembly, integration, and testing phases at Rocket Lab's Spacecraft Production Complex in Long ...
Tianwen-1 Releases High-Resolution Global Color Map of Mars
Aug 16, 2024 (SPX)
Mars' surface morphology, topography, and geological structure have long been studied through remote-sensing images, which are crucial for scientific research a...
Scientists plan to bring Mars rocks back to Earth
Aug 15, 2024 (SPX)
"These samples are the reason why our mission was flown," stated David Shuster, a professor of earth and planetary science at the University of California, Berk...
Perseverance Rover Set to Tackle Steep Ascent on Jezero Crater Rim
Aug 15, 2024 (SPX)
"Perseverance has completed four science campaigns, collected 22 rock cores, and traveled over 18 unpaved miles," said Art Thompson, Perseverance project manage...
Innovative Sound-Based System Enhances Wind Measurement on Mars
Aug 14, 2024 (SPX)
In a recent study published in 'JASA' by AIP Publishing on behalf of the Acoustical Society of America, researchers from Canada and the United States introduced...
Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It's just too deep to tap
Aug 13, 2024 (SPX)
The data from NASA's Insight lander allowed the scientists to estimate that the amount of groundwater could cover the entire planet to a depth of between 1 and ...
Scientists lay out revolutionary method to warm Mars
Aug 09, 2024 (SPX)
In a groundbreaking study published Aug. 7 in Science Advances, researchers from the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Centr...
Mars Express Reveals Ancient Lake Eridania on Mars
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
A new view from Mars Express's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) showcases Caralis Chaos, an area believed to have been rich in water. The lower-right part o...
Here's How Curiosity's Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars
Aug 08, 2024 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on the Red Planet, where the six-wheeled scientist continues to make big discoveries as it inches up...
NASA Trains Machine Learning Algorithm for Mars Sample Analysis
Aug 06, 2024 (SPX)
That's why researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are investigating the use of machine learning to assist in the rapid analys...
A Yellow Jacket on Mars
Aug 05, 2024 (SPX)
For 378 days, Brockwell, a 1999 civil engineering graduate, and three other crew members took part in this study, designed to explore the challenges of deep spa...
Rocket Lab prepares twin spacecraft for NASA Mars mission
Jul 31, 2024 (SPX)
The twin spacecraft, part of NASA's EscaPADE mission (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), are designed to study the Martian magnetosphere. T...
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