Volcanic Bacteria That Thrives in Boiling, Acidic, Toxic, Lake In Costa Rica May Hold Answers To Life in Mars

SPACE 01.28.2022 21:56 PM

A new study suggests that bacteria living in harsh conditions of Costa Rica's volcanic lake may explain how life on Mars existed.

Close Encounter of the Moon, Mars and Other Planets Will Be Happening This Weekend; When to Watch

01.28.2022 21:21 PM

If the weather permits, a close encounter of the Moon and Mars is expected this Saturday, which will be joined by other planets including Venus, Mercury, and Saturn.

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Spotted a Giant 'Tree-Stump' On The Red Planet's Surface

01.28.2022 20:32 PM

A joint probe mission of ESA and Roscosmos captured a giant tree stump from the Martian surface. One of the probes on Mars recently captured a strange image on the planet's surface.

Bouncing Boulders on Mars: Is It Related To Quakes On Red Planet?

01.27.2022 22:26 PM

Scientists discovered bouncing boulders on Mars that testify to marsquake activity. Thousands of trails left by sliding rocks have been discovered by scientists.

Water On South Pole Of Mars Is Just A Dirty Mirage, Study Says

01.24.2022 23:47 PM

A large lake discovered near Mars' south pole is most likely merely a dusty illusion, according to a new research.

NASA Perseverance Rover Successful at Declogging Rock Pieces Out of Sampling Tubes [Watch]

01.24.2022 22:59 PM

NASA announced that the Perseverance rover was able to remove the rocks that blocked its sampling tubes.

Asteroid Collisions That Formed Martian Craters Have Been Consistent For Over 600 Million Years

01.24.2022 02:07 AM

Curtin University revealed that the asteroid collisions responsible for numerous impact craters on the Martian surface were very consistent over the past 600 million years.

Asteroid Impacts the Inner Solar System for the Last 600 Million Years

01.22.2022 21:19 PM

The crater detection algorithm "automatically counts the visible impact craters" from a high-resolution image, a planetary research team from the United States, Australia, France, and Côte d'Ivoire has analyzed the formation of over 500 massive impact craters on Mars.

NASA Offers Challenge and Reward In Finding Solution For Waste, Trash Sustainable Reprocessing In Mars and Other Space Missions; How to Join

01.20.2022 00:15 AM

NASA is looking for answers to the challenges presented by space waste. Have you ever wondered how astronauts managed to stay in space for so long without running out of resources or suffocating in their own waste? NASA is also curious about such things - especially when people start living on Mars.

NASA Executed Plan of Cleaning Perseverance Rover Weeks After Martian Pebbles Got Stuck While Collecting Samples

01.19.2022 08:21 AM

NASA team operating the Perseverance rover awaits the results of how the clean-up went after the rover was unable to shut close the lid after some pebbles got stuck on its throat while collecting its sixth Red Planet rock sample late last month.

NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Finds Carbon On Red Planet; What Does It Mean?

01.17.2022 21:54 PM

NASA Curiosity rover on Mars has discovered unique carbon on the planet that requires a "proper" explanation.

Martian Meteorite In Antarctica: New Study Debunks NASA, Bill Clinton's Claim Over Organic Compound in Mars

01.15.2022 23:54 PM

In 1996, NASA scientists claimed that a meteorite had shown indications of life on Mars, and Bill Clinton organized a televised news conference to celebrate the "awe-inspiring" discovery about the organic compound.

NASA's Nightmare Came True After InSight Lander Went Offline Due To Extreme Dust Storms, Cutting Communication Line With Ground Team

01.15.2022 00:33 AM

NASA's InSight lander had to switch to safe ode a few days ago due to a dust storm, the Mars team is hopeful that the lander will exit the safe mode next week when the story quiets down.

Life on Mars? NASA Perseverance Rover Captures What Looks Like a 'Human Skeleton' and 'Animal' Buried on the Red Planet

01.14.2022 22:09 PM

NASA's Perseverance continues to search for life in Mars. Recent imaging from the rover shows what appears to be a human skeleton and a frog.

Martian Meteorite Found In Antarctica: Organic Compound in Mars’ ALH 84001 Not Biological?

01.14.2022 02:20 AM

No trace of ancient, rudimentary Martian life has been found in a 4 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that landed on Earth decades ago.

Hidden Math Behind Sand Megaripples on Earth Could Help Improve Ability to Infer Past Climate Events

01.13.2022 06:11 AM

Researchers have studied samples of sand megaripples around the world and gained new insights into how they form that they can use in understanding past climate events even on other planets.

NASA Mars InSight Lander in Safe Mode After Facing Dust Storms on Red Planet

01.12.2022 04:48 AM

Because of a regional dust storm on Mars, NASA's InSight Lander has been in safe mode for the past week.

Existence of Life in Mars Possible in 20 Years, Expert Says

01.11.2022 23:40 PM

Here is how scientists made it possible to find life in Mars in just two decades. Uncrewed probes' decades of exploration of the Red Planet might pay off in 20 years, proving life on Mars.

NASA Perseverance Rover Chokes While Getting New Rock Sample On Mars

01.11.2022 19:51 PM

Mars Perseverance Rover ceased caching samples because debris partially obstructed the component that stores drill bits, according to NASA.

NASA's Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Preparing for Its First Flight in 2022: Where Is It Going Next?

01.06.2022 21:48 PM

NASA's Mars Ingenuity mission team members recently announced that the helicopter is on its 19th flight on the Red Planet, the first of its flights in 2022.

Terraforming Mars Into a Habitable Planet is Possible, Says Former NASA Chief Scientist

01.04.2022 03:57 AM

NASA's former chief scientist said it would need a giant magnetic shield to protect Mars from solar winds coming from the Sun to make the whole planet habitable.