... -months and more than 400 million miles, Phoenix has finally arrived at the Red Planet just before 5 PM PDT, beginning its study of water and possible conditions for life. At 4:53 ...
Europe's Mars Express spacecraft returns some remarkable close-up images of the Red Planet's Phobos moon.
... miles along the
cliff edges and mountain tops of Mars have been spotted by a space
probe as it orbits the red planet.The ice sheets – which are up to
half a mile thick – are thought to be the planet's ...
... board Mars Express. They are a powerful tool with which scientists can investigate the composition and structure of the Red Planet's atmosphere.
Now Francois Leblanc, from the Service d'Aéronomie, ...
... allows users to soar through alien trenches, see through the eyes of various robotic visitors, and toggle between natural color, "night vision," and rainbow-hued topographic views of the red planet.
... have created two new features for Google Earth 5.0, the popular online application that lets users tour Earth, the starry sky, and the Red Planet Mars.
A new analysis of impact cratering data from Mars reveals that the planet has undergone a series of global volcanic upheavals. These violent episodes spewed lava and water onto the surface, sculpting ...
... State University astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch, who has written extensively about the prospects for life on other planets, can help you and your readers understand what the findings might mean.
How did the small red planet manage to make some of the largest features in the Solar System? Scientists Peter Smith, Jeff Plaut and Roslay Lopes follow the dry trail of Mars' wet past.
Developed by Volition, Red Faction: Guerrilla features the use of guerrilla tactics and strategic destruction to regain control of the Red Planet - Mars.
(PhysOrg.com) -- An analysis of Martian meteorites has led scientists to believe that Mars was molten for up to 100 million years after it formed, thwarting the evolution of early life on the planet.
NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is investigating a metallic meteorite the size of a large watermelon that is providing researchers more details about the Red Planet's environmental history.
... -- The widespread idea that Mars is red due to rocks being rusted by the water that once flooded the red planet may be wrong. Recent laboratory studies show that the red dust may be formed by ongoing ...
... in Martian rocks, with sand. The process created the red mineral hematite.
One thing that almost every ...
Scientists, using images taken by a camera on a Martian orbiter, discovered signs of water ice in craters far from the planet’s poles.
