Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 14, 2017 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun the steep ascent of an iron-oxide-bearing ridge that's grabbed scientists' attention since before the car-sized rover's 2012 landing. We're on the climb now, d
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 - NASA scientists have found evidence that Mars' crust is not as dense as previously thought, a clue that could help researchers better understand the Red Planet's interior structure and evolution. A
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2017 - Opportunity is continuing the winter exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Winter is constraining the available energy, so the project has the rover doing
Paris (ESA) Sep 12, 2017 - In past decades, spacecraft have sent back huge amounts of complex data about Mars, providing a wealth of information about the planet. More than ever, the scientific community needs a way to sift t
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 - The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2017 - Life on Mars may still be light years away - but it clearly hasn't stopped us from thinking ahead. Next year six space-suited and booted astronauts will head to the Dhofar desert in Oman in an attem
Moscow (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday of a major conflict looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for talks to alleviate the crisis after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan this week.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2017 - Opportunity is exploring Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour crater as mission planners prepare to park the rover for a winter layover. Winter substainally constrains the energy
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 - Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere - and that's just one of its myriad possible uses. For de
Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2017 - Bowie wasn't lying about Ziggy's bandmates - there are spiders from Mars. Sort of.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2017 - Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California - the first interplanetary launc
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 - Opportunity is located in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has been staying in place collecting extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) stereo panoramas.
Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 - Earlier this month, radio dishes from three deep-space networks combined to catch faint 'survival' whispers from one of ESA's Mars orbiters, underlining the value of international collaboration for
Paris (ESA) Aug 23, 2017 - As the energetic particles of the solar wind speed across interplanetary space, their motion is modified by objects in their path. A study, based on data from ESA's Mars Express orbiter, has thrown
Paris (AFP) Aug 21, 2017 - Mars is buffeted by turbulent snowstorms that occur only at night, according to a study released Monday that revises our understanding of Red Planet weather.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 - NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which will look for signs of past life on Mars, will use smart methods originally developed to find the oldest life on Earth, according the mission's Deputy Project Scienti
