Two research teams, using data from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, have recently published…
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Mars
Study Sheds New Light on Composition at Base of Martian Southern Polar Cap
An earlier discovery of liquid water lakes beneath Mars’ south pole may not be as wet…
Perseverance Begins Its First Science Campaign on Mars
On June 1, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover kicked off the science phase of its mission by…
Study Looks More Closely At Mars’ Underground Water Signals
A new paper finds more radar signals suggesting the presence of subsurface ‘lakes,’ but many are…
NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost
The team behind NASA’s InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost…
Surviving An In-Flight Anomaly: What Happened On Ingenuity’s Sixth Flight
On the 91st Martian day, or sol, of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, the Ingenuity…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Shining Clouds on Mars
The science team is studying the clouds, which arrived earlier and formed higher than expected, to…
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First One-Way Trip
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its fifth flight on the Red Planet today with its first…
Perseverance’s Robotic Arm Starts Conducting Science
NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy serving as a communications base station for the Ingenuity Mars…
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to Begin New Demonstration Phase
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has a new mission. Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible…