Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 - Researchers from MIPT and their colleagues from Research Center Juelich (Germany) and Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia have described a new method for studying microorgan
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2018 - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably. This early test produced a hole about a half-in
Vandenberg AFB CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2018 - NASA's InSight spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California to begin final preparations for a launch this May. The spacecraft was shipped from Lockheed Martin Space, Den
Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2018 - For the first time, scientists have documented life rebounding in the sandy soil of the world's driest desert, the Atacama Desert. The research has offered new insights into the resiliency of life, as well as a glimpse of what life might look like on Mars.
Pullman WA (SPX) Feb 27, 2018 - For the first time, researchers have seen life rebounding in the world's driest desert, demonstrating that it could also be lurking in the soils of Mars. Led by Washington State University planetary
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 26, 2018 - Roughly every two years Mars and Earth wander a bit closer to each other, making the leap between these two planets a little easier. In July this year, Mars will only be about 58 million kilometres
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 26, 2018 - Opportunity is continuing the exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about half way down the valley. This past week the rover exceede
Miami (AFP) Feb 26, 2018 - It may rain once a decade or less in South America's Atacama Desert, but tiny bacteria and microorganisms survive there, hinting at the possibility of similar life on Mars, researchers said Monday.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 26, 2018 - Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, are seen in this movie put together from 19 images taken by the Mars Odyssey orbiter's Thermal Emission Imaging System, or THEMIS, camera. The images were
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2018 - NASA's Mars InSight lander team is preparing to ship the spacecraft from Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, where it was built and tested, to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where it will bec
Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2018 - Slowed by skimming through the very top of the upper atmosphere, ESA's ExoMars has lowered itself into a planet-hugging orbit and is about ready to begin sniffing the Red Planet for methane. T
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2018 - A recent view from Mars orbit of the site where NASA's Phoenix Mars mission landed on far-northern Mars nearly a decade ago shows that dust has covered some marks of the landing. The Phoenix l
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2018 - Opportunity is continuing the exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned on the north fork of a local flow channel about half way down th
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 16, 2018 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity keeps providing surprises about the Red Planet, most recently with observations of possible rock stripes. The ground texture seen in recent images f
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 16, 2018 - The Sun will rise on NASA's solar-powered Mars rover Opportunity for the 5,000th time on Saturday, sending rays of energy to a golf-cart-size robotic field geologist that continues to provide revela
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2018 - A chunk of Mars will soon be returning home. A piece of a meteorite called Sayh al Uhaymir 008 (SaU008) will be carried on board NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission, now being built at the agency's Jet P
