#mars

#mars

Araneiforms on Mars, resembling spiders but formed by unique CO2 processes. [ more ]

A single meteorite on Mars caused billions of secondary craters

JPL scientists estimated 1.3 to 3 billion secondary craters from the Corinto impact [ more ]

Mars may be causing giant whirlpools in Earth's oceans.

Deep-sea drill analysis reveals 2.4 million-year climate cycles linked to Mars-Earth interactions. [ more ]

Scientists confirm Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to an ancient lake

Radar data reveals layers of sediments at the bottom of the lake [ more ]

AI systems are approaching or surpassing human performance in various tasks. [ more ]

Brazil lacks habitable housing units, while billions are invested in making Mars habitable.

Brazil's Public Prosecutor's Office launches campaign highlighting the dire living conditions in the country. [ more ]

Huge ice water deposits may be present below the surface of Mars.

The presence of these deposits suggests that Mars once had glaciers, lakes, and river channels, and could have sustained life. [ more ]

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted a rock on Mars that resembles the Starfleet logo from 'Star Trek'.

This is not the first time unusual rocks on Mars have made headlines. [ more ]

Evidence of massive ice deposits has been found on Mars, potentially holding between 219,000 and 396,000 cubic kilometers of frozen water.

Water on Mars could be valuable for future human exploration and serve as a resource for astronauts and fuel. [ more ]

China's Mars rover has discovered underground polygon structures on Mars that are likely related to the planet's long-lost water.

Using ground-penetrating radar, the rover found 16 'polygonal wedges' that suggest a wide distribution of such terrain under the surface. [ more ]

The Mars rover Perseverance includes MEDA, a system of instruments designed to analyze the Martian atmosphere.

MEDA has collected a large amount of data on pressure, temperature, wind, humidity, and the composition of the Martian atmosphere.

Despite challenges such as high winds and dust storms, MEDA has been continuously monitoring environmental parameters on Mars. [ more ]

NASA will send two scientific spacecraft to Mars aboard the first Blue Origin New Glenn rocket in August 2024.

The New Glenn rocket launch has been delayed multiple times and is years behind schedule.

This is part of NASA's effort to use private contractors for cheaper access to Mars. [ more ]

Elon Musk envisions using Starship as a Mars ship, transporting settlers to the Red Planet.

Starship will be the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, with a height of 394 feet and 33 engines generating 16 million pounds of thrust.

Starship is designed to be entirely reusable, potentially reducing the cost of sending payloads into orbit to less than $10 million. [ more ]

SpaceX is attempting a second test flight of the Starship rocket, the world's largest rocket.

The rocket, which previously exploded during lift-off, is set to launch from Texas on Friday, with hopes of successful flight and data collection.

SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, aims for Starship to be the first step towards a human journey to Mars. [ more ]

NASA successfully beamed a laser from space to Southern California, a historic event and a step towards sending astronauts to Mars.

The laser was emitted from NASA's unmanned Psyche spacecraft, which is on a mission to explore a metal-filled comet in the asteroid belt in 2028.

The laser's successful blast is an instrumental step in higher-data-rate communications for deep space exploration and sending humans to Mars. [ more ]

The European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spotted a green glow in Mars' southern pole atmosphere during the long polar night.

The green glow is caused by oxygen atoms recombining high above the Martian surface, releasing energy.

The airglow on Mars is a different process than aurorae and is caused by the Sun and oxygen. [ more ]

Scientists in China are using AI and robotics to extract oxygen from water and space rocks on Mars.

The study shows that chemicals found in meteorites on the Martian surface can be used as catalysts for extracting oxygen.

The researchers have developed a robotic AI system that can automate the production of catalysts using Martian meteorites. [ more ]

NASA's Mars exploration robots will be on their own for the next two weeks during a solar conjunction.

Communication between NASA and the Mars instruments will be interrupted due to interference from the sun.

The robots will continue their missions and gather data, but won't send it back to Earth until the blackout ends. [ more ]