Did you ever wonder what snow looks like on Mars? Thanks to a recent Mars photograph, we can see how ice and snow cover the ground in a beautiful but twisted winter wonderland. Discover the full story below and learn ...
After making history on Mars (first controlled flight on another planet), NASA’s helicopter strikes again. The Perseverance rover captured an incredible low-pitched humming of Ingenuity’s blades as it flies through the Martian atmosphere. NASA released the footage with the audio ...
The Mars copter has just got postponed after a possible tech issue. NASA decided to delay Ingenuity’s first flight after it tested its rotors. The mini helicopter’s trip will be the first-ever controlled, powered flight on another planet if everything ...
NASA’s bold lander InSight has recently detected a seismic activity on the Red Planet. Cerberus Fossae, a Martian region, experienced two marsquakes, as per new data. InSight has previously reported other quakes in the same region. This time around, however, ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a dust devil on Mars recently. Such an intriguing weather phenomenon takes place on our planet, too, and could help us better understand the Martian climate. Perseverance’s cameras captured the occurrence, and the footage is now ...
Good news from Mars! NASA just received the first report from the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, so we know what’s really happening up there. According to the report, everything is operating as expected, meaning both the helicopter and its base station ...
Our big old planetary friend is not the best host right now. Mars is known as an inhospitable planet, but in the future, this might change. Recent research shows that an intriguing bacteria, dubbed cyanobacteria, which is actually blue-green algae, ...
NASA’s InSight probe is getting ready for some changes. Winter is coming to Elysium Planitia, and the bold probe needs to be kept safe. InSight deals with one of the toughest challenges so far: dust. The increasing dustiness of the ...
The United Arab Emirates now makes history with its first – and successful – interplanetary mission! The UAE’s probe, dubbed Hope, in Arabic “Al-Amal,” entered Mars’ orbit on Monday (February 8). The spacecraft is developed to unveil the secrets of ...
Even if we’re millions of kilometers away, we didn’t forget Mars’ event this week! The Red Planet celebrated a new year yesterday (February 7), as per our calendar-keeping on Earth. One year on our planetary friend is 687 Earth days ...
New research shows how a mineral that repeatedly shows up on Mars is here on Earth. How could this be possible? Apparently, the Antarctic Ice is not just ice. Very deep-buried, there’s more yet to be explored. Researchers found a ...
NASA will reach another space milestone thanks to its rover, Perseverance. Not more than 80 million km left to go in its 471 million km mission, the rover is almost there. Perseverance is close to Mars, and in 43 days, ...
News about Mars’ latest disturbance emerged recently, and it seems quite odd. The Red Planet is shaking and wiggling as it rotates, leaving astronomers in awe. Similar to a toy top that wobbles as it loses velocity, Mars’ poles are ...