Scientists “Surprised” To Find Fluorescent Ruby-Like Gems On Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a surprising discovery on Mars, finding tiny crystals of corundum, New Scientist reported.…
Why a ‘three-sided pyramid’ on Mars is going viral; know what experts say |
PC: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The excitement surrounding the Red Planet (Mars) has reached new levels with the…
Limits of Terrestrial Life and the Probability of Growth on Mars: Call for Speakers and Topics
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC The National Academies’ Committee on Planetary Protection is hosting a virtual meeting that will inform NASA’s…
Build Your Own Mars Astrobiology Rover
the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover by CircuitMess Editor’s note: NASA currently has two droids at work on Mars:…
High Resolution Stereo Camera Captures 3D Photos of Craters on Mars
Newly published high-resolution photos of Mars show some of the red planet’s many craters in exceptional, colorful detail.…
Celebrating NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s 20th Anniversary: Crater Near Sirenum Fossae
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a detailed view of a relatively fresh crater in this image released…
C.12 FAIMM Correction, Q&A update, and Webinar Materials Available
C.12 Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM) is intended to enable individual researchers to participate…
Scientists Shot Bacteria With a Gas Gun to See if Life Could Survive Being Flung From Mars. It Barely Flinched
Life forms tucked into asteroid debris could catapult to other planets – including Earth. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The…
China challenging U.S. to become next great space power
China’s space program has hit a number of milestones lately. In 2025, China executed over 90 orbital launches,…
A Solar Superstorm Blasted Mars—and Its Atmosphere Freaked Out
When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest…
China team’s space laser breakthrough takes communication speeds to high orbit
Chinese scientists have reported a milestone in space laser communications, sustaining a high-speed, hours-long laser link with a…
Mars once had beaches like Earth! Radar data is revealing the buried shoreline |
Mars once had beaches like Earth (Image source: Canva) For decades, scientists have debated whether Mars once had…