What Mars can teach us about life
In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Starts Unpacking Boxwork Formations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5z32E7uaKM Drag your mouse or move your phone to pan around within this 360-degree view to explore the boxwork patterns ...
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How close are we to ‘The Martian’? A planetary scientist checks in
Credit: NASA Andy Weir’s bestselling story The Martian predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three ...
Read moreDetailsSunset on Mars – NASA
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on ...
Read moreDetailsTrump assaults American space science
On May 2, the Trump administration announced its intention to impose massive cuts on the Science directorate of the National ...
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How much evidence do scientists need to claim they’ve found alien life?
The universe is filled with countless galaxies, stars and planets. Astronomers may find life one day, but they will need ...
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Fine Mars Dust May Pose a Risk to Astronauts’ Health todayheadline
During the Apollo missions, astronauts faced challenges from sharp, fine particles of lunar dust that clung to nearly everything, posing ...
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Mars once had a carbon cycle, say new findings
Mars atmosphere as seen from Hope orbiter (image credit: Andrea Luck, CC BY 2.0 license). New evidence from NASA’s Curiosity ...
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Mars’ Liquid Core May Have Once Powered Only Half of its Magnetic Field todayheadline
Although the magnetic field of Mars hasn’t been in effect for billions of years, the evidence it left behind may ...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim
The diversity of rock types along the rim of Jezero Crater offers a wide glimpse of Martian history. Scientists with ...
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