Billions of years ago, a river flowed across this scene in a Mars valley called Mawrth Vallis. A new study examines the tracks of Martian…
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of a sulfate-bearing region using its Mastcam on May 2, 2022. Dark boulders seen near the center are…
Illustration of the Mars Perseverance Rover using its SuperCam instrument to laser zap a rock in order to test what it’s made of. Credit: NASA…
NASA’s InSight Mars lander uses a seismometer to study the inner layers of Mars. Seismic signals from quakes change as they pass through different kinds…
Illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The MarsMars is the second smallest planet in our solar system and the fourth planet from…
Mars Perseverance Sol 449 – Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera: The same rock still in the rover’s front left wheel on sol 449, image acquired…
Animation showing an artist’s rendition of Mars’ interior structure. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency…
This image is an illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Although NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is the first Mars orbiter specifically designed to study the planet’s upper atmosphere and its interaction with…
These dark streaks, also known as “slope streaks,” resulted from dust avalanches on Mars. The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured them on…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made a record-breaking 25th flight on April 8, 2022. The navigation camera aboard the rotorcraft captured its longest and fastest flight…
Superimposed Hubble images of Jupiter and Mars. Credit: Jupiter: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center) and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), Mars:…
Mars Perseverance Sol 439 – Right Navigation Camera: Navcam image looking behind the rover along our drive path. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The past few weeks have…
NASA’s InSight Mars lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander is covered…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of a mound of rock on Mount Sharp called “East Cliffs” that features a fracture that resembles a doorway.…
NASA plans to send astronauts to the Moon under Artemis missions to prepare for human exploration of Mars in the future. Now they are calling…
Researchers led by the University of Iowa have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed. In a new study, the physicists report…
An afternoon on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Right Navigation Camera (Navcam) to acquire this image after driving on sol 428. The view…
Illustration of NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) Credit: NASA Dusty solar panels and darker skies are expected to bring…
Martian surface frost, made up largely of carbon dioxide, appears bluish-white in these images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera aboard NASA’s 2001…