Analyzing data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover, scientists have discovered that a flood of incredible intensity was once washed away by the Gale Crater on the equator of Mars about four billion years ago. These findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, point to the possibility of life on the …
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NASA wants to better understand the weather on Mars and its new Perseverance rover should help for that. Scientists are eager to learn about the role of dust in Mars’ weather and how heavy dust storms can get out of nowhere. Dreata should arrive on Mars within 100 days. I …
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In its 6.6 billion year long history, Mars has taken its punch right from damaging asteroids and handling comets. Today, the surface of the Red Planet is covered by less than 43,000 impact craters, more than a kilometer long; Some ancient regions have suffered much more than others. In the …
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I’ve seen countless images of space, taken from Earth, above it, and many of the spacecraft’s destinations: the Moon, Venus, Mars, asteroids, comets, Jupiter, Saturn … the view is always wonderful, and always some Poetic on the level. But looking at the earth from space is also something profound. Certainly …
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We know that Mars was once wetter than it is now, but questions about when water formed and evaporated are more difficult to answer. Now a new study suggests that there was water on the Red Planet about 4.4 billion years ago, much earlier than previously thought. It is based …
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