Pasadena, CA (SPX) May 02, 2012 - The Big Bang produced lots of hydrogen and helium and a smidgen of lithium. All heavier elements found on the periodic table have been produced by stars over the last 13.7 billion years. Astronomers
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2012 - At 10:31 p.m. PDT April 27, (1:31 p.m. EDT), NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, will be within 100 days from its appointment with the Martian surface. At tha
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2012 - This mosaic of images taken in mid-January 2012 shows the windswept vista northward (left) to northeastward (right) from the location where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is spending its
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2012 - Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ag
Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 30, 2012 - High-resolution photos of lava flows on Mars reveal coiling spiral patterns that resemble snail or nautilus shells. Such patterns have been found in a few locations on Earth, but never before on Mar
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2012 - Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. The solar insolation
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 30, 2012 - Alpine and polar lichens could also survive on Mars. Planetary researchers at the German Aerospace Center simulated the conditions on Mars for 34 days and exposed various microorganisms to this envi
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 27, 2012 - Recent analysis of radio signals sent back by ESA's Mars Express orbiter has enabled a team of Belgian and German scientists to probe deep beneath the surface of Mars. The first targeted, high resol
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2012 - Glass sand on Mars may point the way to chemically-rich water ideal for hosting life. The newly discovered glass dune fields, spread across almost a third of the planet, likely formed from interacti
Washington (AFP) April 26, 2012 - Lava flows carved valleys on Mars, US scientists said Thursday amid a long-running debate over whether water or volcanoes formed part of the red planet's landscape.
Edinburgh UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2012 - Craters made by asteroid impacts may be the best place to look for signs of life on other planets, a study suggests. Tiny organisms have been discovered thriving deep underneath a site in the US whe
Pullman, WA (SPX) Apr 24, 2012 - A Washington State University astrobiologist is leading a group of 20 scientists in calling for a mission to Mars with a strong and comprehensive life detection component. At the heart of their pr
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 24, 2012 - Future astronauts working on the Red Planet's surface risk general changes in health at the DNA level because of increased radiation exposure, a prominent Russian academic said on Monday. Acc
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 24, 2012 - The world may see a manned spaceflight to Mars in the first half of this century, a prominent Russian academic said on Monday. I think [a manned trip to Mars] will take place in the first hal
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 23, 2012 - Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. The solar insolation
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2012 - The search for life should be an essential component of a sample return mission from Mars, according to a recent report examining the science behind such a venture. A team of scientists, inclu
