Scientists who were part of original 1996 study stand by their observations claiming new findings are ‘disappointing’A four billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive M…
China’s Mars Orbiter Snaps Amazing Selfies Above Red Planet
InfiniteZero shares a report from Live Science: China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft at Mars pulled a big New Year’s surprise with stunning new images captured by a small camera that flew free of the orbiter to snap epic selfies above the Red Planet. The new i…
NASA’s Retiring Top Scientist Says We Can Terraform Mars, and Maybe Venus Too
“Since joining NASA in 1980, Jim Green has seen it all,” writes the New York Times.
He has helped the space agency understand Earth’s magnetic field, explore the outer solar system and search for life on Mars. As the new year arrived on Saturday, he b…
SpaceX Will Take Humans To Mars Within 10 Years, Elon Musk Predicts
Elon Musk predicted this week that SpaceX will be able to fly humans to Mars within the next 10 years. From a report: Musk made the bold prediction during an appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast. The Tesla founder reiterated his view that humanity sho…
Scientists Just Found a ‘Significant’ Volume of Water Inside Mars’ Grand Canyon
Scientists have discovered a world-historic discovery on Mars: “significant amounts of water” are hiding inside the Red Planet’s Valles Marineris, its version of our grand canyon system, according to a recent press release from the European Space Agenc…
Meet the People Living in Simulations of Life on Mars
Smithsonian magazine explores the many Mars simulation facilities around the world, including the Mars Desert Research Station — which is located in Utah, four hours south of Salt Lake City, “but everyone spoke and acted as though they were actua…
Scientists use seismic noise to image first hundred meters of Mars
Mars’ winds create enough noise to see what’s underneath the InSight lander.
“Sixteen Earth years. Not quite nine, Martian.”
Wanna read action-y scifi about girls solving problems by hacking electronics? (Previously.) “Power to the People” by Kiera Lesley is shorter: “Sorry, print took longer than I expected.” Sarah said, fishing in her pockets for her offerings, all in whit…
Perseverance Rover Captures Awesome Video of Helicopter Flying on Mars
NASA has now released the most detailed footage yet of Ingenuity in flight. Gizmodo reports: The two videos were taken during the rotorcraft’s 13th flight, which took place on September 4. The 16-second flight saw Ingenuity travel nearly 700 feet horiz…
New space walks
A space exploration update for November 2021. In Earth orbit news, one crew returned from the International Space Station, while a new crew rode a SpaceX flight to board the ISS. The ISS altered its orbit by a mile to avoid incoming debris from an old…