St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 08, 2014 - Providing a rare glimpse of the trade secrets of planetary scientists, the journal Icarus published a study this month that compared lunar crater counts by eight professionals with crowdsourced coun
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 08, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3617 (March 28, 2014), the rover continued further to the southwest on Murray Ridge with a 68-foot (20
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2014 - On Wednesday, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove the last 98 feet feet (30 meters) needed to arrive at a site planned since early 2013 as a destination for studying rock clues about ancient environme
Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2014 - Several clues in the structure of NGC 1316 reveal that its past was turbulent. For instance, it has some unusual dust lanes embedded within a much larger envelope of stars, and a population of unusu
Washington (AFP) April 02, 2014 - Efforts to send humans to Mars would likely expose them to health risks beyond the limits of what NASA currently allows, an independent panel of medical experts said Wednesday.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 01, 2014 - Spring is here, love is in the air, and Mars and Earth are getting a little closer this time of year.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - By the time you finish reading this story, you'll be about 1,000 km closer to the planet Mars. Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter. As March gives way to April, the distance between
Paris (ESA) Mar 31, 2014 - A state-of-the-art 'Mars yard' is now ready to put the ExoMars rover through its paces before the vehicle is launched to the Red Planet in 2018. ESA, the UK Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2014 - Late afternoon lighting produced a dramatic shadow of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity photographed by the rover's rear hazard-avoidance camera on March 20, 2014. The shadow falls acr
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 26, 2014 - Mars One is a a private, Netherlands-based push to realize a human colony on the red planet by 2025.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 26, 2014 - A research team in Spain has the enviable job of testing out new electromechanical gear for potential use in future missions to the Red Planet. They do it within their Mars environmental simulatio
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 25, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge' on Solander Point, part of the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover continues to investigate the region called 'Cook Haven.' On Sol 3603 (March 13, 2014),
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 25, 2014 - Variations in the stuff that cements grains together in sandstone have shaped the landscape surrounding NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and could be a study topic at the mission's next science waypoint.
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2014 - Scientists have built Mars here on Earth - at least within the walls of a simulation chamber that mimics conditions on the Red Planet down to its Martian dust, according to a paper out Tuesday.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 20, 2014 - This pair of before (left) and after (right) images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter documents the formation of a substantial
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 18, 2014 - Opportunity continues to explore 'Murray Ridge' on Solander Point, part of the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3596 (March 6, 2014), the rover moved forward to put a rock called 'Turnagain Arm,' wit
