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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.

NASA Mars Orbiter Releasing One of Its Last Rainbow-Colored Maps

Scientists are about to get a new look at Mars, thanks to a multicolored 5.6-gigapixel map.

Jun 24, 2022

On the Cusp of Drilling: Sol 3511

It has been almost 8 months to the day since Curiosity powered up its drill and extracted tailings from a Gale crater rock.

Jun 23, 2022

NASA’s Curiosity Captures Stunning Views of a Changing Mars Landscape

Striking rock formations documented by the rover provide evidence of a drying climate in the Red Planet's ancient past.

Jun 23, 2022

A Long History of Flowing Water Recorded in Clay-Bearing Sediments on Mars

A region on Mars may have been repeatedly habitable until relatively late in Martian history, says a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Catherine Weitz.

Jun 23, 2022

A blueprint for life forms on Mars

The extremely salty, very cold, and almost oxygen-free environment under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in Canada's High Arctic is the one that most closely resembles certain areas on Mars.

Jun 22, 2022

Software upgrade for 19-year-old Martian water-spotter

The MARSIS instrument on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, famous for its role in the discovery of signs of liquid water on the Red Planet, is receiving a…

Jun 22, 2022

Getting all the possible science in – Sols 3507-3511

This weekend plan is a four sol plan to allow a no planning day on Monday, for the commemoration of "Juneteenth," and we crammed a lot in.

Jun 22, 2022

Researcher awarded $100,000 to identify potential fuel source on Mars

Associate professor Vincent Chevrier at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences was awarded $100,000 to study the stability and distribution of clathrate hydrates and clathrasils on the surface of Mars in hopes of discovering a source of methane.

Jun 19, 2022

Martian meteorite upsets planet formation theory

Anew study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth and Mars acquire volatile elements such as hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and noble gases as they form.

Jun 19, 2022

NASA, Partners establish new research group for Mars Sample Return Program

Sixteen scientists from the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Japan have been chosen to help future samples from the Red Planet achieve their full potential.

Jun 16, 2022

Sols 3503-3504: And We’re Back

The Sol 3496 (last Monday) plan did not execute due to an issue onboard the rover that took a few days to investigate.

Jun 16, 2022

A summer science smorgasbord: Sols 3505-3506

The difficulty of driving on Martian terrain proves itself once again! Our Sol 3504 drive did not complete successfully, leaving us in basically the same spot as our last plan.

Jun 16, 2022

Three years of Marsquake measurements

The InSight mission on Mars is running out of power and most of its functions could be shut down in the months to come.

Jun 10, 2022

How Perseverance averts collisions and zaps

Perseverance has a number of moving parts, including the robotic arm, drill, mast, instrument covers, high gain antenna, and mobility system.

Jun 10, 2022

The Aonia Terra region of Mars in colour

Mars, Earth's neighbouring planet, is not particularly known for its colourful appearance.

Jun 10, 2022

Mars sleeps with one eye open

This scarred and colourful (by martian standards!) landscape shows part of Aonia Terra, an upland region in the southern highlands of Mars.

Jun 9, 2022