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Mars Daily Editorial Team

Editorial Team

The Mars Daily Editorial Team produces Mars Daily's coverage of Mars exploration and science. We report on rovers and orbiters, sample-return and human-Mars planning, and the geology, atmosphere and astrobiology of the Red Planet. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Mars Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Mars Passes Closest to Earth Since 2003 on July 31st

After a slow crawl across the predawn darkness earlier this year, Mars is finally moving into the evening sky - just as it comes its closest to Earth in 15 years.

Jul 26, 2018

Liquid water lake discovered on Mars

A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising hopes that more water -- and maybe even life -- exists there, international astronomers said Wednesday.

Jul 26, 2018

Space experts worry US won’t make it to Mars by 2030s

The United States has vowed to send the first humans to Mars by the 2030s, but space experts and lawmakers on Wednesday expressed concern that poor planning and lack of funds will delay those plans.

Jul 26, 2018

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Discover Why Mars Is So Dusty

The dust that coats much of the surface of Mars originates largely from a single thousand-kilometer-long geological formation near the Red Planet's equator, scientists have found.

Jul 25, 2018

Opportunity Continues in a Deep Sleep Beneath Raging Dust Storm

The dust storm on Mars is continuing as a Planet-encircling Dust Event (PEDE).

Jul 25, 2018

Is Mars’ Soil Too Dry to Sustain Life?

Life as we know it needs water to thrive. Even so, we see life persist in the driest environments on Earth.

Jul 25, 2018

NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Finds That Stolen Electrons Enable Unusual Aurora on Mars

Auroras appear on Earth as ghostly displays of colorful light in the night sky, usually near the poles.

Jul 24, 2018

Name Europe’s robot to roam and search for life on Mars

The UK Space Agency has launched a competition to name a rover that is going to Mars to search for signs of life.

Jul 23, 2018

‘Storm Chasers’ on Mars Searching for Dusty Secrets

In June, one of these dust events rapidly engulfed the planet. Scientists first observed a smaller-scale dust storm on May 30. By June 20, it had gone global.

Jul 23, 2018

Opportunity’s Science Team Remains Vigilant

The dust storm on Mars is continuing as a Planet-encircling Dust Event (PEDE) with no indication of receding at this time.

Jul 19, 2018

Martian Atmosphere Behaves as One

Understanding the Martian atmosphere is a key topic in planetary science, from its current status to its past history.

Jul 19, 2018

Undergrad Mines Data from Curiosity Rover in Search for Life

An undergraduate student from the University of Arizona is part of a team of researchers from around the world working on the NASA Curiosity rover mission.

Jul 18, 2018

Seasonal ‘spiders’ emerge on Mars’ surface

In late winter on Mars, 'spiders' begin to emerge on the Martian surface.

Jul 16, 2018

NASA May Have Destroyed Evidence for Organics on Mars 40 Years Ago

While the existence of native carbon-based organic compounds on the Red Planet was confirmed only in 2014, some suggest that the discovery could have been made a long time ago.

Jul 13, 2018

Scientists Discover Ghost Dunes On Mars

Scientists have discovered hundreds of crescent-shaped pits on Mars where sand dunes the size of the US Capitol stood billions of years ago.

Jul 12, 2018

Airbus wins two ESA studies for Mars Sample Return mission

Airbus has won two studies from the European Space Agency (ESA) to design a Sample Fetch Rover and an Earth Return Orbiter.

Jul 9, 2018