Engineers keep an eye on fuel supply of NASA's oldest Mars orbiter
Measuring the fuel supply on Odyssey, a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge, is no easy task.
Space Exploration
Mar 15, 2023
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Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on Mars
Mars is infamous for its intense dust storms, some of which kick up enough dust to be seen by telescopes on Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Feb 16, 2023
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Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy
Yogi, Paddington and Winnie the Pooh, move over. There's a new bear in town. Or on Mars, anyway.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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Large deposits of plagioclase feldspar found in the walls of Valles Marineris on Mars
A team of researchers at Université de Lorraine in France, working with a colleague from Brock University in Canada, and one each from Université Clermont Auvergne and Université Lyon, both in France, has found evidence ...
With a small network of satellites around Mars, rovers could navigate autonomously
When it comes to "on the ground" exploration of Mars, rovers make pretty good advance scouts. From Pathfinder to Perseverance, we've watched as these semi-autonomous robots do what human explorers want to do in the future. ...
Space Exploration
Dec 1, 2022
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Mars's crust is more complex and evolved than previously thought
Early crust on Mars may be more complex than previously thought—and it may even be similar to our own planet's original crust.
Planetary Sciences
Nov 4, 2022
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Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars
Two NASA spacecraft at Mars—one on the surface and the other in orbit—have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 29, 2022
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NASA's InSight lander detects stunning meteoroid impact on Mars
NASA's InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake last Dec. 24, but scientists learned only later the cause of that quake: a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest seen on Mars since NASA began exploring ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 28, 2022
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Two major meteorite impacts shed light on the interior of Mars
Researchers working in the Marsquake Service at ETH Zurich have been analyzing the measurements made by the NASA InSight mission's seismometer on one of our neighboring planets.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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InSight Mars lander waits out dust storm
NASA's InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent drop in power generated by its solar panels as a continent-size dust storm swirls over Mars' southern hemisphere. First observed on Sept. 21, ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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