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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.

Crater Neukum named after Mars Express founder

A fascinating martian crater has been chosen to honour the German physicist and planetary scientist, Gerhard Neukum, one of the founders of ESA's Mars Express mission.

Jan 19, 2018

New technique for finding life on Mars

Researchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets.

Jan 19, 2018

Next Mars Analog mission will help improve efficiency and reduce dust exposure

As NASA and others look to return humans to the Moon for longer durations, lunar dust remains an industry concern.

Jan 18, 2018

Opportunity takes right at the fork and has successful battery test

Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

Jan 15, 2018

Scientist’s work may provide answer to Martian mountain mystery

By seeing which way the wind blows, a University of Texas at Dallas fluid dynamics expert has helped propose a solution to a Martian mountain mystery.

Jan 12, 2018

Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice

Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars' surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes.

Jan 11, 2018

Deep, buried glaciers spotted on Mars

Buried glaciers have been spotted on Mars, offering new hints about how much water may be accessible on the Red Planet and where it is located, researchers said Thursday.

Jan 11, 2018

Exploring alien worlds with lasers

In everyday life we look and touch things to find out what they are made of. A powerful scientific technique does the same using lasers - and in two years' time it will fly in space for the first time.

Jan 11, 2018

Opportunity Takes Images Over the Holiday Period

Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

Jan 9, 2018

Our rover could discover life on Mars – here’s what it would take to prove it

Finding past or present microbial life on Mars would without doubt be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time.

Jan 9, 2018

Mars: Not as dry as it seems

When searching for life, scientists first look for an element key to sustaining it: fresh water.

Dec 27, 2017

Mars’ surface water – the truth is out there

An international study co-led by SFU researcher Brendan Dyck has revealed that the sun may not have evaporated away all of Mars' surface water after all.

Dec 27, 2017

Opportunity takes extensive imagery to decide where to go next

Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

Dec 26, 2017

Mars Mission Sheds Light on Habitability of Distant Planets

How long might a rocky, Mars-like planet be habitable if it were orbiting a red dwarf star?

Dec 22, 2017

Thirsty rocks may contain the missing water of Mars

What happened to all the water that once sloshed in lakes and oceans on Mars? Much of it, researchers proposed Wednesday, may be locked up in stone.

Dec 20, 2017

Mars upside down

Which way is up in space? Planets are usually shown with the north pole at the top and the south pole at the bottom.

Dec 18, 2017