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    SwRI models hint at longer timescale for Mars formation

    By Earl on 13 Feb 2020 No Comments

     

    SwRI models hint at longer timescale for Mars formation

    The early solar system was a chaotic place, with evidence indicating that Mars was likely struck by planetesimals, small protoplanets up to 1,200 miles in diameter, early in its history. Southwest Research Institute scientists modeled the mixing of materials associated with these impacts, revealing that the Red Planet may have formed over a longer timescale than previously thought.

    Source: www.swri.org/press-release/mars-formation-impact-mantle-late-accretion

    NASA Prepares for Moon and Mars With New Addition to Its Deep Space Network – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

    By Earl on 13 Feb 2020 No Comments

     

    NASA Prepares for Moon and Mars With New Addition to Its Deep Space Network – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

    Robotic spacecraft will be able to communicate with the dish using radio waves and lasers.

    Source: mars.nasa.gov/news/8606/nasa-prepares-for-moon-and-mars-with-new-addition-to-its-deep-space-network/

    Nasa’s chief scientist ‘worried’ world is not ready for discovery of life on Mars

    By Earl on 30 Sep 2019 No Comments

    Leading astronomer says discovery will open up ‘whole new line of thinking’

    Source: www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-mars-life-discovery-space-exomars-rover-chief-scientist-jim-green-a9125076.html

    New Insight into How Much Atmosphere Mars Lost

    By Earl on 10 Sep 2019 No Comments

     

    New Insight into How Much Atmosphere Mars Lost

    A key tracer used to estimate how much atmosphere Mars lost can change depending on the time of day and the surface temperature on the Red Planet. Previous measurements of this tracer – isotopes of oxygen – have disagreed significantly. Getting an accurate measurement is important to estimate how much atmosphere Mars once had before it was lost.

    Source: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/mars-lost-atmosphere

    NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life

    By Earl on 23 Jun 2019 No Comments

     

    NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life

    The Curiosity mission’s scientists picked up the signal this week, and are seeking additional readings from the red planet.

    Source: www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/science/nasa-mars-rover-life.html

    Mysterious Clouds on Mars Formed by Meteoric Smoke

    By Earl on 19 Jun 2019 No Comments

     

    Mysterious Clouds on Mars Formed by ‘Meteoric Smoke,’ Study Says

    Scientists have identified a kind of cloud on Mars that has been neglected in past climate models.

    Source: www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb9q8d/mysterious-clouds-on-mars-formed-by-meteoric-smoke-study-says

    How the Webb Telescope Will Explore Mars

    By Earl on 12 Jun 2019 No Comments

     

    How the Webb Telescope Will Explore Mars

    When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, launching in 2021, reaches its destination a million miles from Earth, it will be able to see the whole disk of Mars every two years. If a global dust storm envelops the Red Planet at a time when Webb could see it, the powerful space telescope could gather information about the storm.

    Source: www.nasa.gov/feature/how-the-webb-telescope-will-explore-mars

    NASA’s Mars Helicopter completes flight testing

    By Earl on 01 Apr 2019 No Comments

     

    NASA’s Mars Helicopter completes flight testing

    While multiple space agencies have landed spacecraft on other celestial bodies, none have flown in the skies above those worlds—but that may soon change.

    Source: www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/solar-system/nasas-mars-helicopter-completes-flight-testing/

    First evidence of planet-wide groundwater system on Mars

    By Earl on 05 Mar 2019 No Comments

     

    First evidence of planet-wide groundwater system on Mars

    Paris (ESA) Mar 01, 2019 – Mars Express has revealed the first geological evidence of a system of ancient interconnected lakes that once lay deep beneath the Red Planet’s surface, five of which may contain minerals crucial to

    Source: www.marsdaily.com/m/reports/First_evidence_of_planet_wide_groundwater_system_on_Mars_999.html

     

    Did microbes build stromatolites on Mars?

    By Earl on 15 Dec 2018 No Comments

     

    Did microbes build stromatolites on Mars?

    When Nasa’s next rover gets to Mars in 2021 it will seek evidence of ancient life.

    Source: www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-46563155/did-microbes-build-stromatolites-on-mars

    Will SpaceX Really Be Flying People To Mars In 10 Years?

    By Earl on 15 Dec 2018 No Comments

     

    Will SpaceX Really Be Flying People To Mars In 10 Years?

    SpaceX’s President Gwynne Shotwell has said she is confident that the company will be launching people regularly to Mars in a decade.

    Source: www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2018/12/14/will-spacex-really-be-flying-people-to-mars-in-10-years/

    Martian methane—spotted in 2004—has mysteriously vanished

    By Earl on 14 Dec 2018 No Comments

    Martian methane—spotted in 2004—has mysteriously vanished

    The European Space Agency’s Trace Gas Orbiter deepens planet’s carbon mystery

    Source: www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/martian-methane-spotted-2004-has-mysteriously-vanished

    Recent tectonics on Mars

    By Earl on 22 Sep 2018 No Comments

     

    Recent tectonics on Mars

    These prominent trenches were formed by faults that pulled the planet’s surface apart less than 10 million years ago.

    Source: m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Recent_tectonics_on_Mars

    HP Mars Home Planet premieres virtual reality experience

    By Earl on 19 Aug 2018 No Comments

     

    HP Mars Home Planet premieres virtual reality experience

    HP Inc. and a global community of creators unveiled a virtual reality (VR) simulation of what life on Mars could look like for a human population of one

    Source: www.designworldonline.com/hp-mars-home-planet-premieres-virtual-reality-experience/

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